Gone Girl

For weeks, my mom had been gushing to me about the latest book she’s been reading, one among many on her never-ending booklist. “Gone Girl” was a phrase I became accustomed to. Of course, I’d heard of the book, and not just from her. There were movie trailers on TV, the novel on the best seller list, reviews on the internet, choose your pick. However, no matter how many times the name came about in my daily life, I still didn’t know what exactly the book—or movie—was about. Therefore, I wasn’t really interested, and brushed off the information as not important.

Then, at work, my best friend’s mother mentioned that she wanted to see it as well. My mother, as you can imagine, was ecstatic, but we couldn’t find a time that all of us could go together. That is, until this last Friday night when we rushed to the theater last minute, at 10:20 at night, to catch the last showing of the day. I went into the movie pretty skeptical—Ben Affleck was recently cast as the next Batman, which I do not agree with—and I left thoroughly impressed.

Not only was there little exposition, but the story jumped straight into the plot. There were no boring parts, at least, not in my opinion, because it was a murder mystery. And boy was there mystery. You had no idea what had happened, where this “Gone Girl” was, until near the middle of the movie. When it was revealed, I gasped and exclaimed, “What?! How!?” It just got more messed up from that point. There were many plot twists that left me gaping, and the psychological aspect of the characters was intriguing. I can’t say too much about it due spoilers, and I recommend everyone go watch it straight away. It is rated “R” for sexual content, violence, and language, but it is well worth it if you are mature enough to handle it.

We left the theater bewildered and a little bit in shock due to the events of the film. Some of the stuff that happened was crazy! And I mean literally crazy. It was almost scary, at parts, because it shows that you can never really know someone as well as you think you do. There’s always something they could be hiding, and that’s frightening to think about. Who do you choose to trust? How do you deal with the consequences when you’re wrong? What if one mistake completely changes your life forever? Would you be ready to deal with the disastrous consequences? Gone Girl addresses all of those questions in a unique and suspenseful way. The movie dealt with real life stuff, although perhaps in a more fantastical way than most are used to. It was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.