With the free time, I've been on the DS plenty and watching movies as if they were, you've got it, going out of style. And thus my first blogged FO is Gone Baby Gone a deeply engrossing film about a missing girl within the South Boston Projects. Honestly I can't remember the names of the main characters and the reason why could be I am still dealing with the overly complex question that the movie poses. Though I would like to go into a deeper discussion of what's right, what's wrong; I would be giving away the ending.
Casey Affleck stars as the main protagonist with a unique perspective of the Southie Projects where he lives and the abduction takes place, he is hired by the missing girl's aunt to augment the BPD's search for the missing child. What ensues is a dark and eerie tale of drugs, murder and flat out bad parenting. With each clue to the missing child's whereabouts Affleck's character falls deeper through the rabbit hole and is eventually confronted with a choice that he, and most likely the audience, will second guess long after the fade to black.
Affleck outshines most of the cast, though Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris do exceptionally well in their small parts. But above all the older brother Affleck, gets all the pieces in the right spot on his directorial debut, so I could say that I am eager to see his next flick with him behind the camera. The films' subject matter may make it hard to watch and hurts the films ability to stand up to multiple watchings, but so was 8MM, and that was a good flick too.
Verdict: RENT
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