Strangers

Rating: 8/10 (1 October 2018)

I usually have to watch Fincher movies a few times before I can formulate my thoughts. His movies are jam packed with information, either verbally or non-verbally or as part of the scene or in the background. He demands your full attention. Yes, even Alien 3 was wonderfully gothic.
Let's start with Amy. She comes from a wealthy background. Her mother was the writer of a series of books called "Amazing Amy" for which Amy is purportedly the inspiration.
Her husband is Nick, a lowbrow failed writer from the Midwest.
It is insinuated that Amy has a history of being a fake, lying etc. because she's not as Amazing as Amazing Amy and if she's the role model for Amazing Amy, then why isn't she amazing?
They've been married five years, they both lose their jobs in the Great Recession of 2008 and move back to the Midwest (in this case, Missouri Ozark land).
I'll let others comment on the plot, but needless say "Gone" is in the title. The case goes nationwide because of the Amazing Amy celebrity angle and a Nancy Grace-ish TV journalist. In desperation, Nick hires a celebrity lawyer who specializes in defending his clients on TV.
By the end of the movie, we realize these two winners actually deserve each other - neither one is a sympathetic character.
Since the audience already knew she faked her death and Nick was framed, what is the point of the story?
I believe the point of the story is that it takes a lot of lies to keep a marriage going. Marriage makes you an unreliable narrator.