love and other misdemeanours

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2015)

Gone Girl is a very clever reflection on marriage and romantic relationships.
The real mystery here, as announced in the prologue, is how the two partners really feel about each other in comparison with the image they keep giving of themselves to the media. Amy tries to get her husband killed but comes back to him with evident intention to make it work. Nick appears not to want to be with her and yet he resolves to do. Who's the child? Is it the fruit of love or the fruit of murder?
Is Nick honest when talking to the camera on the TV show? At first we think he's not but then why does he do the chin thing? Is he sending his wife a frank message? Is Amy a crazy criminal or is she fighting for her marriage? After all she did kill for love! "How many people can say that?"
Have the two been trying to be somebody they're not or have they prompted each other to be better people?
Amy has "forged the man of -her- dreams" . Nick cannot but admire his wife for the intelligent trick she played him.
Marriage is murder and the spouses are partners in crime. That complicity is what relationships are about. Unfortunately that means partners work together to hide the felony from the world's eyes.