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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Mystery
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Director:
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Ben Affleck
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Edi Gathegi,
Matthew Maher,
Slaine,
Madeline O'Brien,
Trudi Goodman,
Casey Affleck,
Michelle Monaghan,
Morgan Freeman,
Ed Harris,
John Ashton,
Amy Ryan,
Amy Madigan,
Titus Welliver,
Michael K. Williams,
Mark Margolis
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Duration:
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114 min.
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Rating:
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(7.9/10)96
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Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no quarter in regard to the weak or innocent. Its a stamping-ground defined at near on one's uppers heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with domesticated families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old Irish colleen, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't hunger for the case. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an study that wish ultimately risk everything -- their relationship, their mental health, and uninterrupted their lives -- to decide a hardly an... y crumpet-desperate.
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Gone Baby Gone
Kenneth Turan
Gone Baby Gone is by and large a notable piece of work, a strong directing debut by actor Ben Affleck that highlights attention-getting performances by Casey Affleck, the director's brother, and Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan.
But, as adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane, this brooding, somber film is also ragged around the edges and not without problematic aspects. Two shadows from the past hang over it, one affecting the kind of film it is and the other the way we perceive it.
Lehane's 1998 genre piece is set in Boston and involves private detectives Patrick Kenzie (Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (an effective Michelle Monaghan) in a tale of possible child molestation and the power and limitations of the police. If that sounds familiar, it'...
Unbelievably Good Debut.
Hard to imagine that Ben Affleck actually directed this.
It's nothing short of perfection.
All the actors give first rate performances.
The film itself is sometimes dark but ultimately one of the most beautiful movies you'll likely to see..
Very thought provoking.
A controversial ending,which vexed me greatly but that's what real cinema is all about.
Just bought it on dvd from the states - worth every penny.
Stupidly delayed release over here,due to our ridiculous sensibilities.
Absolutely superb!
Gone Baby Gone
Private investigator Casey Affleck searches for a missing child in brother Ben's first directorial feature
Fate has a strange sense of humour. Last year the distributors of Ben Affleck's directorial debut made the laudable decision to pull it from the Times BFI London Film Festival line-up and put back its UK release date, lest its child abduction plot offend audience sensibilities with its unfortunate similarities to the Madeleine McCann case.
Almost a year later, Gone Baby Gone appears, and it would be a shame if this intelligent, thoughtful adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 1998 novel suffers as a consequence of unwitting associations with real events. Indeed, Affleck, who co-wrote the film, deserves praise for tackling one of modern society's most ...
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