An absolute waste of money

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The film was nominated for 93 awards, and won 28 - most of which went to Rosamund Pike and writer Gillian Flynn. I admit, it was a very good film. Quite fascinating actually as new evidence surface and with a twist around every corner. The plot literally thickens every step of the way, and gets particularly interesting when the victim's 'fate' is revealed halfway through the film. The stakes then get so much higher! Rosamund Pike was indeed good as the titular gone girl, but I thought Kim Dickens was exceptionally good as Detective Rhonda. I did, however, find the film a bit slow moving, as if I wanted to give it a push at times. The film runs 149 minutes, which I found overlong. Way too many scenes were unnecessarily dragged out. The pace could have been greatly improved with shorter scenes.

Surprisingly, i was not as spooked as my sister warned me it was going to be. The movie is well-made backed by a strong story, and some great performances. I could not predict where the story was going throughout the time i was watching, which made for a great movie experience.

Gone Girl is a Lifetime style film on steroids. Amy (Rosamund Pike) and Nick (Ben Affleck) are in a less than perfect marriage. Nick sees Amy as his trophy wife, sex object, and cash cow. Amy is heir of a children's book heir. Nick is between jobs who spends time with his twin sister Margo (Carrie Coon) at The Bar playing board games. When Amy goes missing on their fifth anniversary, Nick is less than forthcoming and with clues mounting, they are all pointing at him as a suspect .Part of the film involves the media frenzy surrounding the case. Tyler Perry enters the film late as a high priced attorney. And Neil Patrick Harris enters the film very late. The film uses flashbacks to show us their lives.This is a nice "straight forward" twisty tale. You watch and try to figure things out with Kim Dickens, wondering where things are going to go. Once we know for certain what happened to Amy, the film loses some of its appeal.The movie had a Lifetime feel to it. Good entertainment, but not something that needs to be seen on the big screen.Parental Guide: F-bomb. Brief sex. Nudity (Rosamund Pike, Emily Ratajkowski)

This was a bad plot, too many gaps, and a sudden ending. we were like what happened now?