Gone Girl - Review

David Fincher is back with his ever so creepy adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s ‘Gone Girl’. Right from the opening sequence with a baritone monologue from Ben Affleck we are made aware of the films somewhat dark take on a shadowed marriage. Not all is well within the picket fenced state of Missouri as lovers slowly grow apart from lack of essence towards a meaning of life, no matter how ‘happy’ you presume marrying the love of your life may be, within the sinister world there is always an ulterior motive.

The ever so direful Rosamund Pike delivers a performance that will be sure to stick with audience well in through the night creating a very restless sleep as you lay awake staring at the ceiling, hiding every box cutter in sight. The actresses’ performance channeled homage to the classic ‘Single white female’ while also creating an erratic performance of her own. Affleck plays his usual stoic yet ironic self as he plays a clueless kept husband attempting to strive for his self worth, however within the film from the get go it’s hard to choose who exactly you are rooting for as both characters seem to reek a sense of douche-ness while still being able to whole-heartedly pull you so far into the film that you become a character lost within the mist of the screen.

Without giving away too much of the plot and the presence of the movie, it can be clearly said that it is a perfect representation of Fincher’s work, possibly his best film since the classic ‘Se7en’. There is very little that is wrong with this film performance and story, as it is surely one of the creepiest films you will see all year, that does not dwell upon the horror genre. The film is so creepy in fact that the poor girl next to me ended up so frightened from the eeriness of the film that she couldn’t bare to spend the night alone… So lads, here’s your perfect date night sorted.

All in all, I give ‘Gone Girl’ a solid 8/10 and a praise to Fincher returning to his classic form.

Reviewed by Mase Shaw - Follow Mase on Twitter @MaseShaw