Wafer-thin plot..

Rating: 4/10 (4 January 2015)

Gone-baby is master movie-maker David Fincher's latest offering. It is an adaptation of a book of the same name where a supposedly happy family is shattered on the day of their 5th anniversary by the disappearance of the wife. The plot dwells on a search hunt for the missing person, character assassinations, mudslinging and "reading between the lines" by the media.
The premise is brilliant, the cast is perfect, the director is a genius, the trailer a real humdinger, but, the movie is a real let- down. I read somewhere that a movie with a bad script is unsalvageable and this film is a perfect example. The number of loopholes in the movie that are left untouched are astonishing and make a mockery of our intelligence. I have no clue how this movie is a hit and how the rating is this high in an intellectual e-society such as the IMDb. The only thing that would make me want to recommend this movie to someone is for the sheer element of surprise that sends your brain into a calamitous frenzy on how conveniently things pan out in the end. But wait, just watch another movie.