Movie Review: Gone Girl (2014)

When I go into a two and a half hour movie, I know that for at least a part of it, I'll completely tune out. Gone Girl didn't do that to me when I was watching it. It's about this guy who has to deal with his wife who has gone missing. This movie is fascinating because it does everything right that a movie could do. The acting was excellent. Ben Affleck is so good in this role, that you can literally feel what he feels. You feel the void for the wife who's gone missing mysteriously. Another thing this movie does well is with the way the story flows. There are lots of twists and turns that you don't expect coming. The movie could really end at a couple different points, but it doesn't do that, it keeps going on. This movie is the definition of a three star film, every award that could be given to this film, should be given to this movie. Going into it, I thought it was going to be borderline horror flick, but it's not. It has chilling elements in it, but it doesn't have horror elements in it. I feel obliged to mention Tyler Perry in his role as a lawyer. He's the only minor source of comic relief in this film. I said that this wasn't a horror film, but it has some scenes that are really intense to watch. Especially towards the end, there is blood. Good acting, interesting and complicated story, plus Tyler Perry who's awesome. Three stars.