Review of Gone Girl (2014) by Anshiman — 04 Oct 2014
What makes a cult classic? Picking up from Fight Club, it's almost like Fincher thought about this novel adaptation and thought, "Okay... how can I make that bigger? How can I make that better?" Being an artist of suspense of Hitchcock-ian proportions, Fincher engages us throughout with fist-balling mystery, moral ambiguity, worldly satires and a psychotically jumpy plot progression that mirrors the portrait of which it aims to be.
Gone Girl is a treasure hunt that may have gone too long, and gotten too ahead of itself - but the overwhelming sense of dread and atmosphere is enough to tip me over to the other side. Rosamund Pike's performance is to the film as Ledger was to 'The Dark Knight', delivering the crisp, cold and sinister psychopath that takes a lot of the credit for pushing the story to its limits.
Disturbing, engaging, raunchy and provocative, Gone Girl is an impeccable magnifying glass into the minds of the clinically insane.
This review of Gone Girl (2014) was written by Anshiman on 04 Oct 2014.
Gone Girl has generally received very positive reviews.
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