REVIEW OF GONE GIRL

How far will you go to hurt the one’s you love and when will you know that you have crossed the point of no return? And what will you do, once you know that you have crossed it. Does Mercy have limits? If so, how much before Mercy before it is seen as weakness. These questions might seem random but after watching the movie you will understand, why I have asked them in the first place.

When a suburban house wife goes missing, the detectives begin their investigation which catalysed by an intense media-circus turns into a national sensation and at one stage turns against the husband who becomes the prime accused. But, the truth is buried several layers deep.

Time and again Hollywood comes with movies on How to lead a matrimonial Life?  Here’s a movie that tells us How “not” to lead a matrimonial Life? The stress that everyday couples meet, along with perversions, secrets, dis-communication and lack-of-trust built up to a point where, all it takes is a single match to turn everything else to ash.

Rosamund Pike, as the titular “girl” is anything but a girl. A detailed description would spill beans on the storyline. But let me say this, she’s not what it seems and her performance is easily the front-runner for the next year’s Oscar. (Note that smile towards the end that she sheds on Affleck).

Ben Affleck, as the husband, is always on the receiving end until the end. His helplessness tickles us nine out of ten times, but rarely do we feel sorry for him. It’s going to be hard to digest that he will be playing Batman in his next, when people are gonna say “Hey he’s the guy who got messed up by his own wife in the previous movie”.

Tyler Perry and Neil Patrick Harris are the other notables in the movie, each playing a role that has a weight of its own and also add sheen to the overall glow of the movie.

David Fincher is back with a bang and, he like Pike, is another front-runner for the next year’s Oscar. No Bullets, No shape-shifting robots, No Government conspiracy, No Tom Cruise jumping from Burj-Khalifa and yet we are presented a gripping thriller which goes from good to too-good to too-damn-good.

Major Kudos to Gillian Flynn without whose Novel (and screenplay) this would have never happened.

Watch it and if you are married, there is a good chance that you will sit down and talk with your wife and if you are not, you will think twice about getting married.

GONE Girl: Here to STAY.