After listening to the morning Entertainment Update on Chez 106 last week, they mentioned a new film release called Gone Baby Gone which was Ben Affleck’s first directorial debut and had great comments.
I tend to stray away from new releases in the rental market nowadays…I prefer picking the films up in the Previously Viewed bin and if I don’t care for it, I can sell them back to Blockbuster and come out paying $2 to watch the film.
But I figured I should take a look at to what all the fuss was about so I rented Gone Baby Gone last night for Vero, Mike and I to watch.
Gone Baby Gone deals with the disappearance of a four-year old girl who is assumed to have been abducted. The story follows two private investigators (played by Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) while they search for the girl through their neighbourhood connections. They team up with two police detectives in their search for the girl which brings them to the seedy underworld of drugs in search for her.
The story also takes place in Boston and was filmed there along with residents of Boston placed in the film instead of hired actors. This was pretty neat as I thought I was actually there in some scenes (ala there weren’t some pretty actors strewn about the local tavern). Ben Affleck took great care in filming in this manner as he hails from Boston and wanted to capture the feel of the neighbourhood.
In the end, I can’t really get much more into the plot as it will ruin it for you. Let it be said that this was an excellent film and it had quite a few twists along the way which will have you sitting up in your couch and taking more and more notice of what’s going on.
The film is based on the novel written by Dennis Lehane who also wrote Mystic River.
I really can’t find anything wrong with this film and I thought it was one of the better films I’ve seen in awhile. It made you think about some things and wonder what you would do in certain situations.
Go rent it. Worthwhile.
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