Film Review - Gone Girl
October 03, 2014
David Fincher doesn’t make movies for the audience, he makes them for himself. He’s the curator of his own cinematic museum, keeping the area impeccably lit, free of clutter, and decorated with displays of inhumanity. “Gone Girl” is an apt gig for the deified director, employing his detached appreciation of misery to guide a contemporary mystery that utilizes a traditional offering of twists and turns, but doesn’t appear particularly interested in forward momentum. Based on the best-seller by Gillian Flynn (who also scripts), “Gone Girl” is an artistically sound picture with many delights, also effective as a satiric trident throw into the very concept of marriage. As a puzzler, it leaves much to be desired, with Fincher often too busy doing white-gloved finger-wipe inspections on the corners of the frame to pay much attention to the nail-munching aspects of Flynn’s winding work. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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