As good as Gone, Baby, Gone

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2010)

Let me say, I was excited for this movie but I doubted I'd like it. I did. And I don't like movie that have robberies in them, they're mostly boring.
This movie is not supposed to be good. It's directed by and stars Ben Affleck and it has TV stars and a guy that almost won an Oscar. But The Town is a good movie. who would have thought...
The actors do a fine job. Really fine. Ben Affleck is good, he's never been better on screen. Blake Lively surprises as Krista, the single mother / drug addict, Jon Hamm does his best with a character that should have had more screen time but the real star is Jeremy Renner. Renner has always been good, he has an unbelievable presence on screen and he manages to bring humanity in his character Jem. The scene in the graveyard with Affleck is filled with electricity, both Affleck and Renner are just that good in that scene.
I can't say that there aren't any bad things. It felt a little clichéd from time to time and I would have done something different for the ending and there are some scenes that I would have shot differently, I would have also given more screen time and more character to Lively's Krista and Jon Hamm's FBI agent. These were fine characters but they felt thin because you didn't feel the real effect they had on things.
But there are scenes that I bow to. The car chase, you know what I mean, was really good. I was out of breath after it. And the flashbacks where we see when Rebecca Hall's Claire is blindfolded and walking on the beach - like a breath of fresh air. The shots of Boston are heavy and those scenes are fresh and beautiful.
I won't say anything about the plot, go and see it, it's worth it. Seriously.