David Fincher is one of the best contemporary American filmmakers, few, if any, of his films are loved, which could be explained both by his dark style and misanthropy. 2014 thriller Gone Girl is one of such examples. Based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, plot deals with mysterious disappearance of Amy Elliot-Dunne (played by Rosamund Pike), wife of an unemployed journalist Nick Dunne (played by Ben Affleck). As time passses, Amy is presumed dead and Nick becomes the most likely suspect for her murder; the investigation reveals many dark secrets about seemingly perfect marriage, but the actual truth behind those events is unbelievably shocking. Gone Girl is relatively long film, but Ficher's capable direction and plenty of talented actors playing memorable characters always keep it interesting for the audience. Length allows Fincher to experiment with genres – what began as pure thriller later turns into black comedy and interesting commentary about modern media and social networks hypes and ends as an almost perverse inversion of infamous 1970s rape and revenge films, which turns this otherwise very good film into unintentional self-parody.
RATING: 7/10
