Gone Baby Gone
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Movie Reviews of Gone Baby Gone
Movie Review: The Affleck's are awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
Very entertaining. Had a great screenplay and some great lines to quote later to your friends. Movie Review: Intense and Thought-Provoking
Summary: 4 Stars
I really wasn't that interested in watching GONE BABY GONE when my husband turned it on. Very quickly, however, I was drawn into the intense drama on the screen. This movie is emotional, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and extremely thought provoking. It is not easy to watch. But it is very much worth seeing.
I like my movies to entertain me, teach me something, or make me think. GONE BABY GONE definitely falls into that third category. It is not always easy to define right from wrong, good from bad, black from white. And when the life of a child is involved, the moral areas get grayer and grayer. Is it right to commit a crime, if it will improve the life and happiness of a child? This question is posed in many different ways in this film, and the answer is never clear or easy.
Overall, the acting is very good. Headliners Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris give realistic, believable, heartfelt performances. The supporting cast, including Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Michelle Monaghan, and John Ashton are all very strong and genuine. In some cases, perhaps the performances were almost too realistic; I had some difficulty in a few places understanding the thick, almost mumbled, South Boston accent.
First time director Ben Affleck does an outstanding job. He navigates you through the multiple twists, turns, and reverse loops of this detective mystery thriller so well that you never quite see what is coming. The end is disturbing, to say the least, and leaves you thinking hard, trying to decide what is "right." My husband and I are still debating this, and we will be for some time to come. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Bought a DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Very happy with the speed of delivery from the USA to Europe. To be recommendedMovie Review: Wow! Refreshing work. Excellent Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellently directed, filmed, and acted. A mix of new and fresh faces in an atypical police, PI drama. Not the typical Hollywood treatment. Wonderfully poignant. Highly recommended.Movie Review: Harsh Baby Harsh
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm relatively late to the party here with this review, but I finally looked at Gone Baby Gone after some high praise from some friends. And the high praise was certainly warranted.
Have you ever had trouble getting your little brother to do what you tell him to? If you want to make him listen to you, direct a movie and put your little brother in the lead role. That's what Ben Affleck did to his younger brother Casey in Gone Baby Gone, and what a great film they turned out together...with a star-studded supporting cast who all turn in A-List performances.
Gone Baby Gone is intense. There's good suspense. There's a great story with unexpected twists. And the movie doesn't sugar-coat the plot with outcomes that will please viewers. Ben Affleck delivers some harsh realities in the lives of some folks that you'll be glad that you're not after seeing Gone Baby Gone.
Thoroughly entertaining crime drama about a young child that goes missing from a tough Boston neighborhood. See it.