Gone Girl Reviews

Since David Fincher is definitely one of the best directors at work nowadays, I was really eager to check this movie and the fact that it had received some really positive reviews made me even more eager to watch it. Well, once again, Fincher came with a really original work and I'm actually surprised that it is actually so popular since it is far from being a maintream feature. Indeed, it is probably his weirdest movie since 'Fight Club' with so many layers that I will probably keep thinking about it for many days. The first layer was obviously a thriller about a man who might have killed his wife. Then, the second layer was a really pitch black comedy about an average guy who gets involved in this very weird media circus. This combination was already pure genius and like 'The Wolf of Wall Street', it was rather unexpected but very much welcome. Obviously, the whole thing went even further and it became this really weird study about how married life can make you think and or do the weirdest thing, even if in this case, it became pretty extreme but it was obviously all on purpose. To be honest, I'm not sure that everything really did work though. For example, I'm not sure that Ben Affleck's and Rosamund Pike's characters did belong in the same movie as she was seriously over-the-top while he was much more realistic and therefore more engrossing. Still, even though I'm not sure if it is really a masterpiece, it was certainly an impressive movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in David Fincher's work.