Even before the movie is released to the public, the first reviews of the film has already been released. The highly anticipated thriller, Gone Girl, has garnered lots of praises from the critics making the movie highly anticipated by the public wordwide just a few days before it's opening on October 3.
Gone Girl is based on a best selling novel by Gillian Flynn which was published last 2012. The film tells the story of a writer Nick Dunne who is blamed for his wife's disappearance. Ben Affleck played the leading role of the writer and Rosamund Pike was cast as the wife. The film focuses on the secret twists and turns of the couple' marriage and delves deep into the inner core of both personalities.
Ben Affleck played the role perfectly making his preformance highly acclaimed by the critics. David Fincher has outdone himself with excellent casting, particularly on the main character. The Telegraph reviewed Affleck as "a man who has finally realized his life will never quite live up to the promise of his jawline." Vulture praised Affleck's terrific performance saying that he carried the whole movie.
According to Variety, "Affleck is uniquely suited to the role of a man facing those very charges from a fickle and demanding public. It's a tricky turn, requiring a measure of careful underplaying and emotional aloofness, and he nails it completely."
The Hollywood Reporter said that "Affleck, who has never been more ideally cast, delivers a beautiful balancing act of performance, fostering both sypathy and the suspicion that his true self lies somewhere between shallow jerk and heartless murderer."
The story fits not only to the genre of mystery, suspense and crime but can also be described as a psychological thriller. Nick Dunne's wife Amy, who was played by Rosamund Pike, also received good reviews. Per Variety, this is Pike's most substantial role of her career.
