Gone Girl

Rating: 8/10 (28 October 2014)

Directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, The social network,Â…), Gone Girl is an adaptation from a novel written by Gillian Flinch. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Rike (Nick and Amy Dunne) are the leading roles and they give an outstanding performance that really helps taking the film to the next level.
Gone Girl is a gripping thriller that constantly surprises you by its fantastic plot. It is the story of Nick and Amy Dunne, they form the perfect couple but on their fifth anniversary Amy goes missing. Nick, disoriented, finds himself caught in the middle of a mediatic storm and a police investigation. Slowly we understand that this couple is nothing like what it seems to be. The plots gets darker and darker as David Flinch makes the autopsy of his characters. The film changes tone as we go through the appearances and discover the truth about what really happened. The media play an important role in the movie, Nick is constantly followed by horde of journalist. They talk about his story on the television and the journalists don't hesitate to judge and to take sides in order to attract audience. David Flincher clearly denounces the lack of moral judgment of the press. (Witty,) the story makes a dark critic of the American society in general, denouncing the importance people give to appearances.
In my opinion, this film is a very good thriller with a unique style, griping and dark but not too heavy. David Flincher really keeps us on tenterhooks, with an exceptional plot that can't seem to stop thickening. His two main characters are fascinating and he describes them in a way that make them hard to forget. Sometimes the film can get a bit excessive but I would still strongly recommend you to go and see it for yourself!