Gone Girl

"You don't know what you've got 'til it's..."

2014 2h 29m EN

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7.9

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Synopsis

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With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

“You don't know what you've got 'til it's...”

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Cast

Ben Affleck
Nick Dunne
Rosamund Pike
Amy Dunne
Neil Patrick Harris
Desi Collings
Tyler Perry
Tanner Bolt
Carrie Coon
Margo Dunne
Kim Dickens
Detective Rhonda Boney
Patrick Fugit
Officer James Gilpin
David Clennon
Rand Elliott

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Fincher
Writers: Gillian Flynn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $61M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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4 / 8

CAST

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200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Fincher, shot by Jeff Cronenweth. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Trent Reznor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kirk Baxter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Fincher directs. Jeff Cronenweth behind the camera. Trent Reznor scores. Kirk Baxter cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $61M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 6.1× over at the box office.
3Released 12 years ago.
4200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by David Fincher, shot by Jeff Cronenweth. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Trent Reznor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Kirk Baxter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "You don't know what you've got 'til it's...".
10IMDB entry: tt2267998 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1120,502 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 21 themes, including "infidelity", "based on novel or book", "wife", "marriage crisis".
13Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Original score: Trent Reznor
Editing: Kirk Baxter
Production design: Donald Graham Burt
Costume design: Trish Summerville
Makeup / hair: Deborah Rutherford
VFX supervisor: Charlie Iturriaga
Sound: Ren Klyce
Stunt coordinator: Mickey Giacomazzi
Runtime: 149 min · 2h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $61,000,000
Box office: $370,890,259
Return: 608% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Gone Girl (2014)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Andres Gomez2015-05-30
★ 7/10
Good cast and decent story, although the end is not very convincing. The cut of the movie is really good and Rosamund Pike is genuinely scary. Not a master piece but quite good given the lack of passable movies lately.
VanVliet2017-10-26
★ 10/10
Rosamund Pike is outstanding as the wronged wife and Ben Affleck is very good as the husband. It is convoluted, and you do start to think is this just going over the top, but the end just shows Pike's character to be a damaged high-functioning psychopath. So at the final sequence, even if it's a tad far fetched even if you feel that Affleck deserves everything coming to him, the look she gives to the camera is that of an pure evil. As my youngest daughter used to say when she was a kid, she's got scary eyes.
Matthew Brady2020-01-27
★ 10/10
"This man might honestly kill me". The story is about Nick Dunne, as he finds out his wife has gone missing. As increasing police and media pressure mount, the facade of a loving and blissful union crumbles and amidst the lies and behavior of Nick, the question remains - did he kill her? David Fincher is a true master class when it comes to directing, because Gone girl is one of the best films of this year. Ben Affleck was perfect for this role, because Ben Affleck through out he's career had a lot of hate from the media and the critics that mostly slammed him in every role that he was in. And that's why he was outstanding in this movie. Rosamund Pike acting in this film was pure brilliant and spectacular. She was so good in this role she might get a Oscar nomination for this. Tyler Perry in this movie was actually pretty damn good, and am so surprise saying that because Mr. Perry was in such awful films like: MADEA trilogy, Alex cross and the list goes on. But in this movie he did good. What this movie does so brilliantly well is how we view media today, because most of the stories you hear on the news might not be true and how the media can spread lies about people and ruining their lives. Everybody always believes what the media says even if it's true or not, because we don't know what that person on the news is going through, and this movie got that message out they so perfectly. My only problem with this movie is Neil Patrick Harris character. Now let me just say that Neil Patrick Harris wasn't terrible in the movie, but his character to me slowed the film down. Overall Gone Girl is a fantastic film.