Gone Baby Gone details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray, LOVEFiLM Instant |
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| Starring: | Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Madeline O'Brien, Titus Welliver |
| Director: | Ben Affleck |
| Genre: | Drama - Thriller |
| Studio: | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | 100 Hot Hits, American Indie, Critic's Choice, Decades: 00s, Festival Favourites, HD Films, LOVEFiLM Favourites, LOVEFiLM Loves... |
| Title | Runtime | Certificate | |
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Gone Baby Gone |
1hr 49 mins | 15 |
LOVEFiLM Instant Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
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| Rental release: | To be confirmed |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMBen Affleck makes his directorial debut with this drama from the author of Mystic River...
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Gone Baby Gone
By ValleyJohn (96 reviews) from Biggleswade , 30 Jan 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
Here in the UK ' Gone Baby Gone ' was due to be released in December of last year but due to it having a very similar story to the highly publicised real life disappearance of four year Madeleine McCann who went missing in Portugal while on her holiday with her parents , it has yet to be released .Unfortunately she it has still not been found.
I managed to get hold of a copy ( Don't ask how! ) and apart from the fact that the girl is four and looks remarkably like Madeleine the story has very little in common with the tragic case here in Britain. Hopefully when British tabloid press stops their obsession with the McCann case and the truth of what REALLY happened comes out , Gone Baby Gone will get a UK release.
The story begins in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, where the gritty, working-class streets are lined with the wreckage of broken families and dreams. It is here that 4 year-old Amanda McCready has gone missing without a trace. The police have failed to turn up even the narrowest of leads, so Amanda's desperate Aunt and Uncle plead with local private investigators Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Genarro (Michelle Monaghan) to take the case.
Without a doubt the best thing to come from this film is the performance of Casey Affleck . I was far more impressed with Casey than His brother Ben who directed the film . Ben Affleck managed to catch the gritty feel of a depressed working class Boston suburb but fails miserably to make the story clear enough for the viewer to understand . Or maybe it was just me.!
Half the way through i felt confused to the point of irritation and although it does become clearer near the end what happened to Amanda it felt too contrived and too far fetched to bring me around to loving this film.
It felt a bit of a mess times and it showed that the director was a rookie.
Looking at some of the reviews i have seen i think a few might disagree!
Amy Ryan has received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress and although her performance was good i don't think it merits an academy award. Casey Affleck on the other hand is a massive star in the making.
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(746)Loved The film hated the ending!!!!
By Tartan1971 (74 reviews) , 01 May 2013OMG everyone loves a good ending, yeah the film had me guessing all the way through but come the amateur detective was a 'beep' . You wonder how many kids are abducted just to have a better life and to be loved rather than have a coke head mother who cares nothing for the kids. Drug users don't make good parents , I stand by that!!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Worth watching
By a customer , 20 Apr 2013Good film, slightly sad, the mother is filth, bad ending. Worth watching . . . . . . . . . . .- Was this review helpful to you?
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Excellent film - highly recommended
By a customer , 30 Mar 2013Original. Could not predict ending. Good twists and turns. Good acting. One of the best films we have watched for a while.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Lost Baby
By mabel1 (34 reviews) from Worthing, UK , 10 Mar 2013Thought this was a good film, with excellent acting. On the other hand, it could have been shorter and the title is pathetic. The plot kept me guessing, though parts of it are not entirely believable. Pretty as she looks, I'd imagine a child raised in this home would be either withdrawn or aggressive and not so totally sweet. Couldn't say if the ending is bad or good, but will make you think.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Could have been good but wasn't
By Dawn_London (8 reviews) , 03 Mar 2013The first part of this film is really promising but then it disintergrates I'm afraid. Good story point/moral dilemna but a little too long and too much wafty music!- Was this review helpful to you?
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