Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (3 October 2014)

Went to see Gone Girl today and thought it was well below par for a Fincher Film. The acting is OK, though nothing special. The film is well shot, but with little of Fincher's usual flair. There is all this talk about Rosamund Pike's performance being exceptional, but for me the stand out performances in this film belonged to Kim Dickens as Detective Boney and Carrie Coon as Nick's sister, both of which were very believable and overshadowed the leads. I think the main problem is it seems like Fincher has adopted a more mainstream style to his cinematography and made the feel a bit to glossy and well, normal. I haven't read the book, but did hear that the ending had been changed, lets hope he shot the original ending for any special edition as the one in the final cut was a real let down. Lets hope he returns to form and comes up with films as good as his first few movies...
Overall not a bad film at all, just not a very good one either. Shame.