Pretty good, but marred by the ending

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2019)

I steered clear of Gone Girl for a few years, having seen too many mediocre Ben Affleck flicks. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this production. Usually with movies this long I find myself looking at the time remaining much more often than I did in this case. Gone Girl really did move along at a fast clip, with a fair amount of momentum and suspense--until the very end.
It is unfortunate that so many creators toil away to produce their works only to dash off a fast and very unsatisfying conclusion, which effectively turns what could have been great into something quite a bit less valuable. I have noticed this a lot in recent books for which authors appear to receive advances rather than having to pitch them after they already exist as completed works. I am not sure what happened here, as I have not read the book Gone Girl, but I might now, as I am very curious to find out whether the nonsensical ending was the fault of the author or the director in this case.