Best Thriller of the Year

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2014)

Building up in a long running time of 2 hours and 29 minutes, this David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestseller never feels a tad of boredom for its meticulous efforts of crafting an outstanding thriller that straddle both its genre and art perfectly. It is particularly easy to guess which direction the plot will be heading, but ignoring the minor flaws and some illogical parts towards the second half of the film, the dark, mysterious psychological development of the characters, funny and brutal at sometimes, the flashback editing at the beginning, stylish cinematography, ambient and eerie scores are the major contributions for the film to be one of the most masterpiece marriage thriller in decades. Not much to mention on Ben Affleck, but the surprisingly frightening and psychopathic performance from Rosamund Pike might drive anger of one's nerves, and come to a conclusion that she is the perfect role. At the end, audiences might try to sense out what is right and wrong, the morality behind a true modern-day marriage; but to feel upset as it has to end although hoping for more tricks from the characters after a lengthy run.