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Gone Baby Gone

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Original title

Gone Baby Gone

Year

2007

Running time

114 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ben Affleck

Screenwriter

Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard. Novel: Dennis Lehane

Cast

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams

Cinematography

John Toll

Producer

Miramax, Ladd Company, LivePlanet

Genre

Mystery. Thriller | Kidnapping Film / Disappearance

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Dennis Lehane Adaptations

Synopsis

Gone Baby Gone is a crime thriller adapted and directed by Ben Affleck, set in Boston, and based on the novel of the same title by Dennis Lehane. It stars Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan, as Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, two private investigators hunting for an abducted 4-year-old girl in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. Ed Harris and John Ashton play two detectives, and Morgan Freeman plays Police Chief Jack Doyle. Dorchester native and Boston underground rapper Slaine plays Kenzie and Gennaro's close friend and drug dealing gun runner Bubba Rogowski.

Awards: 2007: Nominated for Oscar: Best Supporting Actress (Amy Ryan)

2007: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actress (Amy Ryan)

2007: National Board of Review: Best Director novel (Ben Affleck), Supporting Actress

2007: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Supporting Actress (Amy Ryan)

2007: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Supp. Actress (Amy Ryan)

2007: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Ryan). 2 Nominations

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Critics' reviews

"Ben Affleck does a fine job treading in the gray areas of moral ambiguity as well as fashioning a highly authentic portrait of a tough, working-class neighborhood (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"It's a tribute to this thoughtful, deeply poignant, splendidly executed film that we replay the conclusion in our minds long after the lights come on"

Stephen Farber: The Hollywood Reporter
"Ben Affleck probably respects Lehane the genre writer, more than he should. He also has some way to go before he becomes a good director of action"

David Denby: The New Yorker
"Though its procedural goes a little soft in the middle, Gone Baby Gone quietly accumulates in power, leading to one of the more subtly devastating final shots in recent memory"

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"A twisty, morally am biguous and satisfying neo-noir (...) Affleck is no slouch in the storytelling department, and he certainly knows his way around his native Boston."

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"By and large a notable piece of work, a strong directing debut by actor Ben Affleck"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Very few movies end so much better than they begin. For that reason, and only that reason, this is an exceptional picture"

Rick Groen: The Globe and Mail
"A superior, haunting thriller of abduction, deception and ethical dilemma with a sobering ending"

Angie Errigo: Empire

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20 My Top 10 Movies from 2007 (262)
96 My Favorite Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Movies (117)

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