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Gone Baby Gone

2007

Ben Affleck

Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris ...

6.9

32,149

Mystery. Thriller 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. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"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)"	POS
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"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"	POS
Canada	Rick Groen The Globe and Mail	"Very few movies end so much better than they begin. For that reason, and only that reason, this is an exceptional picture"	POS
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"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"	NEU
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"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"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"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."	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"A superior, haunting thriller of abduction, deception and ethical dilemma with a sobering ending"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"By and large a notable piece of work, a strong directing debut by actor Ben Affleck"	POS

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