Gone Baby Gone (2007)

United States of America

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Miramax, The Ladd Company

Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard

Taglines: Everyone wants the truth... until they find it.

robbery, corruption, based on novel or book, police, kidnapping, boston, massachusetts, blackmail, detective, drug addiction, murder, conspiracy, gang, pedophile, drugs, alcoholic, addict, child kidnapping, neo-noir

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

Reviews:

Author: mooney240
**Overall : A well-done mystery thriller with a melancholy tone that never lets up and ultimately leaves the viewer a little more sad than satisfied.** Ben Affleck's debut as a director was a decent start. Gone Baby Gone is a crime thriller with significant surprises and twists. The excellent cast and performances accentuated the emotional toll of working on a kidnapping case, and that emotional weight saturates every aspect of the film. Unfortunately, that heavy tone makes the movie a little challenging to enjoy. The dismal and somber mood throughout left me just feeling sad at the end. That poignant hopeless nature was clearly the goal and was well executed but keeps it from being a traditionally "enjoyable" film.