Gone Girl...who came back

Rating: 7/10 (2 February 2015)

Gone Girl was advertised as the suspense thriller of the year! Unfortunately it did not live up to the hype. The only way to break this down is to break it apart, as the film began it wasn't long before I knew what the plot was (about when Nick arrived home to his missing wife and a staged break in). I said to myself "oh the wife did it, she's setting him up", the reason this was evident was because there were no other characters of importance introduced in the film it was only logical. Nonetheless, as I watched this plot unfold with Nick trying to stay one step ahead of the police, who desperately want to pin the murder/disappearance of Amy on him. About halfway in, a little over an hour Amy's ingenious plan is revealed about how she goes about framing Nick to get him put in jail. Now Pause right there, at this point the movie could have ended and been a very solid film. But there was still an hour and 20 minutes left, where we go to see a string of what I would call pointless short films attempting to tie into the first half of the movie. There was no real Need for Tyler Perry's character, he did not add or subtract from the film. Rosamund Pike stepped out of her typical supporting female role to command your attention in this performance. Understanding this was an adaptation from the book, there are things that the book can elaborate on that film cant, or shouldn't for that matter. In this case David Fincher should have found a better way to execute the third act.