"I drank beer from a can and watched Adam Sandler Movies."

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2015)

Director David Fincher's "Zodiac" (2007), "Se7en" (1995), and "The Social Network" (2101) are Great Films but this one Never Reaches that Status but it isn't for Lack of Trying. The Movie is Stuffed and Paraded, Staged and Twisted and Not All of it Works.
It's also bit too Long and some of the Template and Deconstruction about the Media is Overused and Flat. Ben Affleck Mumbles a lot as expected rendering some of the Dialog Difficult. Rosamund Pike as Amy is Better and the Best of the Film is when the Viewer is Inside Her Head as She Softly Rants Her Anger, Disappointment, Insanity, and Revenge.
The Supporting Cast is OK, except Tyler Perry who comes off as a Grinning Goofball and seems Out of Place in this World. Neil Patrick Harris isn't quite as Awkward but Almost.
The Director's Dark Touches are Welcome here and there and the Score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is Ominous and Creepy. The Story Works Best when it is about a Disintegrating Marriage and the He/She Wedges. But, once again, that Media Stuff, there is just Too Much of it.
Overall, a Cerebral Modernism that is Well Crafted, Well Written, and Good to Look at and Try and Figure Out. More of it Hits than Misses, but the Misses are a Distraction. Definitely Worth a Watch.