Gone Baby Gone [Movie Review] | I have been seeing the title around on Netflix and it made me thought about Gone Girl.
SYNOPSIS
- Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan & Titus Welliver
- Directed by: Ben Affleck
- Produced by: Sean Bailey, Alan Ladd Jr. & Danton Rissner
- Production companies: Miramax Films & The Ladd Company
- Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Release date: Oct. 19, 2007
- Running time: 114 minutes
- Rating: R (for violence, drug content and pervasive language)
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Tomatometer: 94%
- Metascore: 72%
- IMDb: 7.6/10
- Jill Quigg was discovered when the production's barricades prevented her from picking up her son. Her loud rants impressed Ben Affleck that she was asked to read for the movie.
- The movie was scheduled to release in December 2007 in the UK but was postponed for almost six months as it was too similar to the real-life case of the missing four-year-old Madeline McCann.
- The only film directed by Ben in which he does not also star.
When four-year-old Amanda was missing and believed to be abducted, the whole Boston neighbourhood becomes a media frenzy. Helena, Amanda's mother keeps on begging the public to help her find her daughter and the girl's aunt and uncle, Bea and Lionel are always behind her.
When the police don't seem to be helping much, Bea and Lionel seek Patrick, a private investigator that finds missing persons and asks for his assistance. Patrick and Angie, his assistance and also his live-in partner, use their street connection to find the girl. They find out that Helena and her boyfriend have been mulling drugs for a Cheese, a Haitian drug lord.
The duo has recently stolen some $130,000 cash from Cheese too. The duo pairs up with two detectives, look for Ray and after finding Ray has been murdered, the group decides to meet up with Cheese and get the girl back.
Cheese denies any involvement with Amanda's disappearance. Later, the group receives a telephone transcript of Cheese calling into the station to set up an exchange for Amanda with the cash and insists that only Patrick will be meeting with Cheese.
In the meetup, Cheese was killed in a gunfight and Amanda is believed to have fallen from the cliff into the pond and drowned as her doll, Mirabelle was found floating.
The police head of Boston, Doyle was forced into early retirement following the public outcry over the mishap.
Two months later, during another abduction case, Patrick kills the child molester when he sees the abducted boy dead. Later that day, one of the detectives confides in him that he has once planted evidence on an abusive husband to help the man's wife and son escape with the assistance of Ray. Patrick remembers that both detectives mentioned that they didn't know Ray.
He starts digging around and he realises soon enough that he is in the middle of a huge lie.
Will he keep on digging, even if it'll cost him his relationships?
MY REVIEW
Plot: 4.8/ 5.0 I thought I know the answer halfway in. Then I realised there was another plot. And then another. It was at the end of the movie only I realised the real plot. Wow!
Cast: 4.5/ 5.0 Believable - there are some who were better than the others but were given minimal roles in the movie. Perhaps, trying to put Casey in the limelight.
Will I watch it again: Not anytime soon.
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15 Comments
Wahhh ada pelakon ni nama Affleck ni adik beradik Ben Affleck ke?. Dari apa yang Rawlins cerita macam menarik je sebab ingatkan kes dah selesai lepas tu ada pulak kes yang lain ye?. Menarik....boleh tonton.
ReplyDeleteRuby suka cerita forensik, detective dan cari kebenaran. Nanti nak tengok kejap lg. Nampak macam best.
ReplyDeleteWah tak tahu pulak ben affleck pernah mengarah filem! okay, sebelum ni tak pernha lgi tonton crita ni. nnti nk tgoklah :)
ReplyDeleteI love this kind of detective movie & this sounds like I have watch before...Nevermind I'm gonna watch it again :D cheers, siennylovesdrawing
ReplyDeletewah movie yang ada plot twist camni seronok tengok sebab takleh agak ending
ReplyDeleteSis suka tengok thriller movie macam ni. Mencabar kita untuk berfikir apa akan berlaku next. Lagi2 bila banyak plot yang kita tak jangka. Boleh lah sis tgk nanti.
ReplyDeleteWah, great rating for you, I'll make sure I watch this movie if I come across it. Always love a good mystery/thriller movie with plot twists.
ReplyDeleteNi i pun belum tengok lagi, story line macam ok juga. Esok nak terjah this movie.
ReplyDeleteI dah tengok movie ni dulu, memang banyak plot yang tak expect jadi. Kita ingat lain, rupanya lain yang jadi. Good movie.
ReplyDeletewow filem adik beradik rupanya and citer lama juga la eh. btw baby how you choose your watching list? is it based on suggestion or random
ReplyDeleteBiasanya Netflix rajin suggest. Pastu dalam group FB pun ada bagi suggestions gak. And depending on my mood gak
DeleteMcm menary jalan cerita ni.. tapi x sangka arahan ben Affleck rupanya
ReplyDeleteCite lama ni kann Rawlins, cmne boleh ko tertengok ni.. ko cari ek kat Netflix tu.. Sis pun ingat-ingat lupa pernah tengok ke tak..
ReplyDeleteNetflix recommend Sis. Kita layan
ReplyDeleteTak tengok lagi cerita ni huhu nanti boleh masukkan dalam list :)
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