Tuesday Night is Film Night is here again, these weeks are flying by! This week, it's feet up, lights out, popcorn popped and remote control ready for;
Gone Girl
After spending the last 149 minutes watching Gone Girl, we could just write; "watch this film!" That would be sufficient. End of review.
Why?
Well for two reasons really, firstly it is a brilliant story, with more twists than a Turkey Twizzler! Secondly, any plot synopsis or contrived spoiler that we make mention of might detract from your viewing enjoyment.
However, we are not going to leave it like that, we will skirt around any of the obvious plot spoilers and outline the merest whiff of intrigue for you to salivate over. In fact, and here is a first for TNiFN, why not watch the official trailer, for all the intrigue you should need.
We will say that Gone Girl provides Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike with an ideal platform to display their outstanding acting talents. Affleck is superb as Nick Dunne the husband of Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), who goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary and Nick then gets caught up in a media frenzy, as the police and the probing journalists try to discover the truth. Although Amy goes missing, we see her side of the story, to a degree, by the clever use of flashbacks and diary entries that retell the other side of the story, but it is not that simple, although the two sides of the story unravel in a juxtaposed symmetry, we also see layer upon layer of mystery, intrigue and subterfuge, that take a simple plot and tie it up in knots that will have you mentally untying them all the way through the film, right until the end. Absolutely superlative writing from the author Gillian Flynn.
Rosamund Pike is just perfect as Amy, portraying the character with enthusiasm, pathos and emotion, all of which draw you in to the plot, making the viewer hang on every word, action or deed. Mention must also go to Carrie Coon who played Margo Dunne, Nick's twin sister who has to make sense of everything that is going on and support her brother even in the darkest times.
Hopefully that is not too much information, we don't believe so. There is so, so much more to this film than is intimated in the few words above. The start is slow and quiet which draws the audience in, you are made to observe many character traits and snippets of information that may be pertinent later on, so take note and follow the start closely, as the story develops that scene setting becomes an important factor. The film continues with this totally compelling storyline, following a multiplicity of angles, deriving pleasure from the dramatic overtones as yet another twist appears. All the while you are drip fed information, sometimes countering what you've already learnt, sometimes enforcing a plot line, but every time the outcome is not entirely clear and you continue to follow the bait in this gripping, dark mysterious tale of intrigue, deceit and duplicity.
The movie is beautifully filmed, with the appealing Missouri countryside providing an idyllic backdrop. Ally that with a subtle soundtrack that doesn't overpower but provides a perfect additional layer of sophistication to an already multifaceted film and you have a perfect combination brought together in this superb thriller.
TNiFN Rating 95%
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