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Ben Affleck's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel Gone, Baby, Gone stars Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie, a private investigator from working-class Boston who takes on a case involving a kidnapped gir... read more read more...l. The girl's aunt begs Patrick to take the case because he has connections to criminal Boston that the police do not. He agrees and along with his partner, Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), they uncover a web of corruption that threatens the relationship between the two. Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman co-star as members of the Boston Police Department. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Ben Affleck

Release Date: October 19, 2007

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  • ironclad1609
    April 23, 2012
    ironclad1609
    Ben Affleck's directional debut is a close look at the dark side of Boston, thematically related to Lehane's other novel Mystic River, which offered a similarly pessimistic outlook on crime, white trash and the moral compass of the city. Here, a hunt for a vanished girl, turns ou... read moret to be much more complicated and layered than first expected. Affleck can rely on an excellent cast, especially Freeman and Harris deliver great performances once again. The plot is sometimes a tad slow until the conspiracy gets moving. The film does not reach the emotional depth of Mystic River or the adrenaline level of Affleck's follow-up The Town, but it's a realistic, gut-wrenching and disenchanting look at broken families, corrupt cops and morality. The protagonist's ultimate decision creates a very conflicting definition of what's right and what's wrong, and that's very cleverly done by leaving the audience alone with the consequences. That solution will make you think for quite a while after the film, and that's certainly what it intended to do. Well done.
  • fb1038944442
    March 29, 2012
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    Gone Baby Gone is a gripping thriller with a terrific cast and amazing working class Boston atmosphere. Ben Affleck reveals directing talent to burn, and his brother Casey in the lead is effective, but doesn't have enormous presence as a movie lead. Dennis Lehane's source novel s... read morehows the working class Boston From Mystic River and the film has many similarities in theme to that film. Almost everything in the film works, except the moral conumdrum that is the crux of the film and makes up the entire last 40 minutes is utterly contrived and the situation is not credible. That will annoy certain viewers enough to give this a thumbs down, but I believe this films asssets outweight its flaws.Its biggest asset is its cast, and Amy Ryan shines as a irresponsible drug using mom whose daughter is apparently kidnapped. Ryan is one of the best actresses in American films. Ed Harris as the mysterious invesitgating officer has the other interesting and conflicted character role, and he's just great. Morgan Freeman turns in patented 'wise old man who's seen it all' turn as well. He's a commanding screen presence as always, but the role's not a stretch for him =at all.On the down side, the utter contrivance of the whole moral dilemma. Also, MIchelle Monahan, through no fault of her own, plays a female love interest sidekick to Casey Afflecks private detective who just sit arounds giving Affleck someone to bounce ideas off of. At the end, her role is important since she is the embodiment of the whole moral choice, but that moral choice device is why this story is utterly contrived. I didn't read the Lehane book, but I assume that is where the trouble lies, plot wise.You will be hooked and intrigued and surprised, but if you don't like endings that aren't complely believable, you may feel like you've wasted your time.
  • jamers2011
    August 29, 2011
    jamers2011
    I plan on watching this film again. I liked it, but not that much. Parts of it were great, but many other parts were dreadful. This film had great potential, but for me, it was only pretty good with a few special scenes to set it apart from other movies.



    There were r... read moreeally only two things that I didn't like about this film, Casey Affleck's performance, and the language. Affleck's performance here felt really wooden to me. The film revolves around a child being kidnapped, but his performance did not reflect the intensity and emotion of the situation. There seemed to be an emotional disconnect. I didn't like that about the film. The language did not settle well with me, either. I have seen countless films with language as foul as foul gets (The Departed, The Fighter, Pulp Fiction), but here it really didn't work. It felt juvenile to me. Add the language to a flat leading performance...the first half of the film was not that good.



    As for the rest of the film, I liked it. The story was involved and brilliantly executed by director, Ben Affleck. Supporting actors Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Amy Ryan gived fantastic performances. Amy Ryan received an Oscar nomination for her performance; Ed Harris very well could have recieved also. He has a powerful monoloque scenes that ranks among his best performances. Michelle Monaghan also gives a strong performance, I just wish she could have had more screen time. The ending of the film was outstanding...so deep and highly thought provoking. I didn't think the film would leave much of an impact on me because I didn't like the first part, but the ending really made me think, and I can't deny that I was touched. Finally, the muscial score by Harry Gregson-Williams is great.



    All-in-all, I still recommend this film. There were flaws, but it's very good and has a thought provoking message.
  • harrycaul
    August 21, 2011
    harrycaul
    To be quite honest, I missed the very end of this because I'd recorded it off the TV and the tape ran out, but I don't believe I missed anything important. Although some clunky scene-shifting does betray a somewhat green director getting to grips with the vocabulary of storytelli... read moreng, Ben Affleck marshals an excellent cast with remarkable assurance and, on the whole, his directorial debut shows great promise. It's an intelligent, thoughtful movie which raises some difficult moral questions by contrasting a couple of apparent paradoxes: the nobility of corruption versus the repugnance of 'doing the right thing'. Amy Ryan is superb.
  • Deano78
    July 5, 2011
    Deano78
    An impressive directorial debut from Ben Affleck, I really like The Town as well which he directed and starred in. Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane he also wrote Mystic River which was a great entertaining if gritty and harsh film. This has many similar themes running through it... read more. The cast is an amazing line up and all give good performances. It's the harshness, grim reality in terms of the setting, characters and subject matter that make the film intriguing as well as compelling viewing. A very interesting film, go and see it and Mystic River!
  • SajinPA
    May 31, 2011
    SajinPA
    A honest, unbiased, harsh look at reality. Probably by the end, viewer will be left with a feeling of bitter hopelessness, but that is anything but a testament to how good a movie this is.

    "How do you live in this world, and still be good enough to go to heaven", a question rais... read moreed by the hero, is the recurring theme through out the movie. A little girl is abducted, and the movie unfolds through the story of two investigators who were hired to find her. At the end of their search, they're faced with a compelling question, whether the right thing to do is really the best thing to do.

    The story may take one too many twists, but that doesn't really take our mind off the subject. Ben Affleck as a director really delivers, making sure that the characters look as real, normal and creepy as the real people out there; and maintaining a grim, heavy atmosphere from start to finish.
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    I would go so far as to say that I cant find anything wrong about this movie, but If someone had a gun pointed at my head and told me to point out one bad thing , I'll have to say it's the title of the movie.. An awful title considering the premise of the movie..
  • DreamExtractor
    March 27, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    Gone Baby Gone is a masterpiece start to finish, ill never forget the best Directing Debut I have ever seen, what a treasure.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    December 25, 2010
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    This was great. A very good drama. I loved this movie. It has a good story and a good twist. My favorite movie by Ben Affleck would probably be The Town but this was still very good. A-
  • fb1463751009
    September 18, 2010
    fb1463751009
    highly underrated movie but the message becomes way too up front and preachy. terrific cast
  • lewiskendell
    August 17, 2010
    lewiskendell
    "I will hate you for doing this, and I don't want to."

    There have been a lot of solid movies set in Boston in recent years, but Gone Baby Gone tops even The Departed and Mystic River, as good as they both were. What starts off as a story about a missing child evolves into one of... read more the most thought provoking and genuinely compelling movies that I've seen.

    Ben Affleck has real talent as a director, and did an excellent job of maintaining the authenticity of both the story of the Dennis Lehane novel and the neighborhood that it's set in. Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, and Amy Ryan were all perfectly cast, and give stellar performances.

    Gone Baby Gone is just one of those movies that it's hard to find a flaw with. It's expertly made, sticks with you, and doesn't offer any easy answers. Highly recommended. 

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Critic Reviews

Christopher Orr
September 18, 2008
Christopher Orr, New Republic

Gone Baby Gone is an argument for obligation over accommodation, the absolute over the contingent. Full Review

Rex Reed
October 24, 2007
Rex Reed, New York Observer

Mr. Affleck is laying the foundation, brick by brick, for a promising new career.

Richard Roeper
October 22, 2007
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Ben directs Casey in Gone Baby Gone, and it's a career highlight for both of them.

David Denby
October 22, 2007
David Denby, New Yorker

The unconvincing genre conventions in Gone Baby Gone are at odds with its authentic, lived-in atmosphere, but no one can say that Affleck hasn't looked into the depths, and the movie ends on a resonan... Full Review

Steven Rea
October 22, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Casey's big brother has made a tough, taut mystery. Full Review

Claudia Puig
October 19, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Bravo to Ben Affleck for a smart choice and impressive work. Full Review

Peter Howell
October 19, 2007
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

As an actor, Affleck has more turkeys on his rà (C)sumà (C) than a Thanksgiving buffet, so what makes him think he can direct? Yet Gone Baby Gone is strong enough to suggest that moviegoers -- and cri... Full Review

Bruce Newman
October 19, 2007
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News

The film is full of scenes that make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
October 19, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The film is intelligent and always heading somewhere. Full Review

Roger Moore
October 19, 2007
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Lehane's superb plotting serves the director well, and Affleck's unblinking view of the world he seems to know, with an emphasis on ugliness, self-perpetuating despair and the wrong sorts of people ha... Full Review

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    • Remy Bressant: Kids forgive, they don't judge, they turn the other cheek, and what do they get for it?
    • Angie Gennaro: Patrick if you do this, I will hate you. And I don't want to.
    • Patrick Kenzie: He lied to me. Now I can't think of one reason big enough for him to lie about that's small enough not to matter.
    • Patrick Kenzie: Cheese, if you ever disrespect her again like that, I'm gonna pull your fuckin' card, okay? So you're saying you didn't do it, fine. We'll take your money, and we'll be on our way. When it turns out you're lying, I'm gonna spend every nickel of that money to fuck you up. I'm gonna bribe cops to go after you, I'm gonna pay guys to go after your weak fuckin' crew, and I'm gonna tell all the guys I know that you're a C.I. and a rat, and I know a lot of people. And after that, you're gonna wish you listened to me, 'cause your shitty pool hall crime syndicate headquarters is gonna get raided, and your doped-up bitches are gonna get sent back to Laos, and this fuckin' retard right here is gonna be testifying against you for a reduced sentence, while you're gettin' cornholed in your cell by a gang of crackers. 'Cause from what I've heard, the guys that get sent up Concord for killing kids, life's a motherfucker.
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