The Search for Amazing Amy is Truly... Amazing

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2015)

David Fincher's film GONE GIRL is one of the most interesting features I have seen in 2014; luring the audience with a picture of a picture-perfect couple town by a missing wife, only to fill our brains with the deception and horrors of marriage.
My favorite parts of Gone Girl was Rosamund Pike. Hearing she was going to be involved in a David Fincher film, I wasn't as compelled (she just didn't cut it for me in 'Die Another Day'). But, she proved me wrong; performing such a dynamic Amy Dunne who not only stealing the heart for those who have never read the book as well as ripping said heart in the second act. Her actions and psychology not only made me feel pity ("Selfish Nick makes frivolous purchases!"... "Give her the baby!") as well as hatred ("And to think I trusted you the entire first act!... "She literally staged rape?!?!") for her.
Technical-wise, this is a Fincher film; when has he failed? Even his weak movies are compelling. His collaborations with cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth (since 'Fight Club') and composers Trent Rexnor & Atticus Ross (since 'The Social Network') show a movie that is dark in both the story and the film itself.
My only dislike would be the big reveal of Amy Dunne's Disappearance; an hour into the movie with another hour and a half to go. I felt an extra thirty minutes into the movie would've been a great reveal, but knowing the significance of the events in the second half of the movie I understand Fincher's choice as it would rush near the ending.
My final thoughts on the film is that it is a classic theme of "Whodunnit?". But, under the direction of David Fincher, the tale dissects the reality and human nature, the social commentary of social media on big cases, and perfects the balance between the horrors and realities of marriage.