Gone Baby Gone Movie
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Everyone Wants The Truth... Until They Find It.
Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. Its a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't want the case. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything — their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives — to find a little girl-lost.
| Casey Affleck | Patrick Kenzie |
| Michelle Monaghan | Angie Gennaro |
| Morgan Freeman | Capt. Jack Doyle |
| Ed Harris | Det. Remy Bressant |
| John Ashton | Det. Nick Poole |
| Amy Ryan | Helene McCready |
| Amy Madigan | Beatrice 'Bea' McCready |
| Titus Welliver | Lionel McCready |
| Michael K. Williams | Devin |
| Edi Gathegi | Cheese |
| Mark Margolis | Leon Trett |
| Madeline O'Brien | Amanda McCready |
| Slaine | Bubba Rogowski |
| Trudi Goodman | Roberta Trett |
| Matthew Maher | Corwin Earle |
| Ben Affleck |
8.10 out of 10 (5674 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Gone Babies in a World Gone Bad.
posted on 29 Aug 2009Based on the novel Gone, Baby, Gone by Mystic River author Dennis Lehane, and directed by Ben Affleck, this gritty, neo-noir crime thriller tells the compelling story of two lovers and private investigators, Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), and their hunt for an abducted four-year-old girl in the working class neighborhood of Dorchester, Boston. Although Kenzie and Gennaro have a certain knack for tracking down Boston deadbeats, Affleck portrays them as inexperienced innocents in a world gone bad. Morgan Freeman plays Captain Jack Doyle of the Crimes Against Children Unit, Ed Harris plays an emotionally-conflicted cop, Remy Bressant, and Amy Ryan plays the missing girl's foul-mouthed mother, Helene. Helene is into drugs. She and her dead boyfriend, "Skinny Ray," have stolen $130,000 from a local drug lord named "Cheese," and when Helene confesses that the money is hidden in Ray's yard, Kenzie and Angie arrange to trade the money for the missing child. When the exchange is botched, Kenzie and Angie are left to blame. Meanwhile, the anything-but predictable plot thickens with lots of twists and turns when a known pedophile is suspected in the abduction of a seven-year-old boy wearing a St. Christopher medal, an abduction which sheds new light on the four-year-old girl's previous disappearance.
Gone Baby Gone offers excellent performances from the entire cast, and promising direction by Affleck, who clearly understands Boston, including its dark underbelly. Not surprisingly, this film appeared on many top ten lists of the best films of 2007, and Amy Ryan has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of an equally tragic and pathetic character. Gone Baby Gone is full of surprises, a thinking man's crime film, and a five-star film which I've rated with four stars only when measured against Clint Eastwood's Mystic River.
G. Merritt
Great movie
posted on 25 Aug 2009Upon hearing of this movie I was slightly intrigued, mostly because of the Oscar nomination attached to Amy Ryan who I had never heard of. After watching it though, I was very pleasantly surprised. The movie was considerably well made, a great start for Ben Affleck's directorial career. Based on a novel by Dennis Lehan and adapted by Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone starts out with a deceivingly simple plot and expands and grows with great intensity. Simply put, the story is wonderfully written.
There is an impressive mix of character dynamics in the movie. In other words, certain characters relations to each other greatly facilitate a complex and interesting story. Along with its fine plot, Gone Baby Gone has a phenomenal cast and they help to display these dynamics excellently. On top of Amy Ryan's Oscar nominated role (which is quite deserved I think), Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, and Morgan freeman deliver splendid performances as well. While the performances are what we should expect of actors with the experience of the latter two, Casey Affleck is deservedly building an impressive resume too.
In keeping with a good plot, deeper messages in the story very thought provoking. In some senses, it displays the traditional dilemma of "do the ends justify the means" but does so in a way that makes it too hard to simply take one side or the other.
An outstanding debut for Ben Affleck: the director. Thanks to an extremely well written book and Ben Affleck's directorial talent Gone Baby Gone is a great movie and I definitely recommend it to those looking for a deep, edgy drama.
Excellent; treats tough subject matter in a non-disturbing manner
posted on 24 Aug 2009First off, I read the book by Dennis Lehane. I wondered how well the movie would stand up to the book (like Peter Jackson so famously has done with Lord of the Rings), and I was very pleasantly surprised. There were a few minor changes made by Affleck but they worked very well for the screen.What I was most struck by in the movie was how REAL the people were. The acting was completely transparent. I also appreciated how the movie dealt with a very disturbing subject matter, child abduction. I was expecting to sit through disturbing parts of the movie where children were involved, but the movie mostly implied what could happen without going there, thankfully.It was a fantastic movie, with a complex plot but not one that was confusing. Acting was superb by all. Cinematography showed me what I wanted to see at any given moment. Direction, pacing, editing all great.I highly recommend this movie.
Very Good
posted on 24 Aug 2009I loved this movie. That's really all there is to say. But since I must review all movies I see, I must give this a nice comprehensive review as well.The only downside of the movie (what bumped it down to a 9) was I had difficulty understanding the characters through their strong accents. But this mostly added to the beautifully rendered Boston setting. I love the fact that the first few minutes of the movie were spent just giving you a look at Boston, leaving you with one question. Why would anyone want to live there if it's as it's portrayed? That is what really made this movie effective for me. You are witnessing the extreme underbelly of America, you'd never want to live where these characters are living. I really don't know if the movie really captures how Boston really is, having never been there (although I do have the accent by a strange coincidence...) but I'm going to give Affleck the benefit of the doubt, considering I know he grew up in Boston. So I'm assuming Ben knew what he was doing. And the Boston background of this movie is really what clinched it for me...it was very effective in setting the mood.Besides this, the performances were great. Sure Casey Affleck muttered as always, but I'm used to this by know and didn't have a problem understanding him (once or twice maybe, but no more than I had trouble with the others with accents) and the plot was slightly convoluted, but the characters were portrayed so brilliantly by all those involved that I bought every minute of it! The very best thing about the movie is the moral ambiguity of it. When Patrick explains the choice he makes at the end I agree, but later I'm not so sure...and even know I don't know what I would've done in his situation.The entire movie just touched me immensely and at the same time remained very entertaining. Which is great, because I find most movies that are called "emotionally moving" are generally boring. Gone Baby Gone never dragged on, and never lost my interest for a second. Highly recommended.
Good atmosphere ruined by preposterous plot.
posted on 20 Aug 2009This film reminded me of Mystic River: great location, good acting, utterly preposterous plot that relies on a crime committed against a child for fake emotional weight.The twist in the story, that a gang of police officers would participate in a murder and kidnapping plot to 'rescue' a child from a broken home, has probably never happened in the history of modern North America. Given that, how can you buy it as the central device of the movie? A really good movie wouldn't have to rely on cheap 'save-the-children' sentimentality to give the film moral weight, and its too bad when you realize that a great Dorchester location and a very compelling Casey Affleck are wasted when the absurdity of the story reveals itself about halfway though.
Pathetic
posted on 20 Aug 2009I find it amazing that viewers seem to like this film. The plot is transparently obvious, so most of the time I found myself just waiting to see what sort of complications would be thrown at us in what seemed a half-hearted attempt to create suspense. There were so many red herrings and so many holes in the plot that the whole thing smelled fishy before it was halfway through, while the second half smelled cheesy. I couldn't decide which was worse--the acting (except for Amy Ryan), the completely unbelievable story, or the even more unbelievable casting. Casey Affleck as a private detective who tracks missing persons? Give me a break! First of all, as his film wife says, he certainly does look too young for the part: but worse, his wiseguy/homeboy character could never get away with the things he's made to say. And sorry, the guy simply cannot act: as the saying goes, he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, which is exactly what this film was. Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman at times looked like they were embarrassed to be in this thing, but everybody should have been. Reviewers make much of the fact that this is Ben Affleck's "directorial debut." Well, he has a long way to go yet. Back to school, Afflecks: Ben to director's class, Casey to acting.
A Conventional Police Procedural Turns Into One Of the Year's Biggest Surprises--A Tough And Uncompromising Treat
posted on 19 Aug 2009I'm going to be honest, I really wasn't overly exited to see "Gone Baby Gone." From the previews, it looked like a competent--if familiar--genre picture. I was galvanized, finally, to see the film based on Amy Ryan's practical sweep of the award season's Best Supporting Actress Prizes. The Affleck brothers, Ben as Director and Casey as Star, did nothing to alleviate my limited expectations. But something quite unexpected happened--my opinion completely changed as I was caught up in the twists of this genuinely good sleeper. Ben Affleck has generated a brisk, tough and uncompromising film and Casey Affleck has turned himself into a bona fide leading man! And although not a flawless film, I ended up loving "Gone Baby Gone."
When a child goes missing, the community of Dorchester gets caught in a media frenzy. With Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris as officials in charge of the investigation, Casey Affleck (as a local detective) is brought in by the family as additional help. Having been raised in the area, it is felt that these contacts may give him better access to and communication with the tightlipped Boston neighborhood. Immediately, the story starts to unravel and the sympathetic mother (Amy Ryan) turns out to be not so sympathetic. The route the film follows takes us to some familiar territory but also to unchartered waters. The film dares to raise moral and ethical questions and presents a terrific and thoroughly uncompromising ending! The film's final moments put this head and shoulders above traditional Hollywood product. And I give Ben Affleck full credit for not bending to a more stereotypical conclusion.
"Gone Baby Gone" is actually the fourth in a series of novels by crime writer Dennis Lehane featuring private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. It is, however, the first to be treated to a big screen adaptation. Those familiar with the novels know that the Kenzie/Gennaro dynamic provides much emotion and conflict. Their relationship is almost as important as any case that they work. Fans of this aspect of Lehane's novels, therefore, might be a bit disappointed. In making this stand-alone film, Gennaro is largely marginalized and the impact of what happens to them as a couple isn't as significant to the story as it is in the book. That said, film and novels are two different mediums and "Gone Baby Gone" as a film still works exceedingly well in its own right.
Casey Affleck is not the conventional actor one would picture for this role. Small in stature, relaxed in delivery--his offbeat presence actually makes "Gone Baby Gone" even more intriguing. As he is not a predictable "leading man," you're never quite sure what he's going to do. I found this lack of expectation to be quite invigorating and led me to accept and appreciate the twists of the film to a greater degree. With "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," this was Casey's year to redefine himself. Freeman, Harris, Ryan, Amy Madigan, and Michelle Monaghan (as Gennaro) all give impassioned performances. With a tight script and solid direction, "Gone Baby Gone" is a surprisingly tough film--and I mean that in all the best ways. Highly recommended. KGHarris, 01/08.
Really good movie
posted on 17 Aug 2009I am usually not a big action/mystery/thriller person, but this movie was truly AMAZING. The acting is great and Ben Affleck shows some real talent for directing. The storyline has twists and turns that will keep you guess what happened until the end. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone
This movie sent me back in time.
posted on 16 Aug 2009When you read a comment like that, you might think that the movie brought on feelings of nostalgia for me or took me back to a place and time of some significant meaning. If you did think that, then you're dead wrong because what I really meant is that this movie is so ridiculously bad and mind-numbingly stupid that I had to dumb myself down to the level of a 13-year-old on crack to actually enjoy it. You see, it was 11:30 at night on a Sunday and I had contemplated going back to Blockbuster and bitch-slapping the cashier for not warning me about the rotten garbage I was about to expose my eyes to, but I was too tired so I decided to make fun of every line in the movie instead. And if you judge it by that scale, it ranks up there with every Jean Claude Van Damme movie ever made.I love Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris, but they gotta do something good now to redeem themselves.Maybe if Casey "Same expression on his face at all times" Affleck could speak like a human and not a midget with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the movie would have been a bit better. I mean, you can't understand one damn word he says in the whole movie. Annunciate, you're an actor! And what exactly was the point of even having Michelle Monaghan's character in the movie? They could of cut her out completely and the movie would have been a valuable 18 or so minutes shorter. Believe me, no one would notice.One thing the movie didn't have a shortage of was one liners and stupendously ridiculous comments at every turn. If I closed my eyes and tilted my head just so, I could hear Stallone moaning "Yo Adrian" followed by Schwarzenneger stating "I'll be back!" But then I remembered, those were actually entertaining movies so I knew it was just my imagination playing tricks on me.Bottom line: I would rather have a root canal with a jackhammer while a diseased rat gnaws on my rectum than have to sit through this piece again. Good riddance.
Gripping and absorbing adatptatio nof Lehane's best-seller; career highs for the Brothers Affleck & kudos to Ryan's fearless turn
posted on 14 Aug 2009GONE BABY GONE (2007) ***1/2 Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Titus Welliver, Michael K. Williams, Edi Gathegi, Mark Margolis, Madeline O'Brien, Slaine, Trudi Goodman, Matthew Maher, Jill Quigg. Novice director Ben Aflleck delivers the goods in this absorbing yet familiar adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel (he co-scripted the screenplay with Aaron Stockard) about a missing 4 year old girl (O'Brien) in South Boston that involves local boy turned PI Patrick Kenzie (Ben's younger sibling giving his best performance to date) and his co-hort/lover Angie Gennaro (Monaghan equally excellent in her strongest role of her young career), the pair enlisted by the girl's family and ultimately working with the police department (Freeman, as the special forces leader, and Harris and Ashton, respectively, the detectives assigned to the crime), coming to loggerheads with them, the community, and each other in the pursuit of the time- ticking end result. Gripping with excellent acting all around – especially Ryan who deserves a Best Supporting Actress nod for her risky turn as the girl's white trash, reprobate mother. Uncompromising and frank, a well-deserved reward for those who like character studies amidst their crime dramas. Affleck uses the locales and locals to full affect.
My view
posted on 14 Aug 2009This was a better movie than I expected given the fact it was Ben Affleck's first directorial effort and he shamelessly cast his own brother in the lead role. And it is Casey Affleck's performance I felt was the weak point of the film, along with some clumsy scripting in spots. IMO Casey was just not believable in that role, which calls for someone with a lot more substance. His attempts at masculine toughness were somewhat embarrassing. The best I can say for Casey is he did not completely destroy the movie, even if he did seem to be in a semi-trance most of the time. Fortunately for him he was working with some really great actors, though they did overshadow him at every turn. But the success of the movie lies in the story itself, which was both gripping and haunting, as any story of children in danger would be. Ben himself seems to have a good feel for story-telling though his visual style is ordinary at best. His feel for dialogue is not much better - but I realize he is not a master writer and not likely to ever be. My advice to Ben is stick to just the directing - if he leave the scripts, camera work and editing to more talented people he will do just fine. Oh, and stop casting family members in lead roles.
As good as Mystic River
posted on 13 Aug 2009While not a huge fan of Mystic River (from the same author as Gone Baby Gone), I thought it was well made and had good performances. The same can be said about this film, but I found Gone Baby Gone to be more thrilling and paced much better than the other Boston crime drama. The acting is very good from the likes of Ed Harris (no supporting actor Oscar nomination?), Morgan Freeman and the amazing Amy Ryan (should have won the Oscar). Casey Affleck is a better actor than his big brother, but I was never really convinced by his performance here. I liked the fact that Ben Affleck used people off the streets of Boston to act and add to the realism of the movie. As for the film itself, the twists keep coming and the movie actually gets much better as it moves along. Worth a rental for sure.
Nature versus nurture
posted on 13 Aug 2009This could've been a half hour after school special about how children are likely only a product of their environment. Instead, we are treated to a two hour quotidian and caustic performance by Bennifer's widdle brother and his barely perceptible girlfriend. Bennifer's brother opens with a narration which sets the pungent tone for the rest of this film. Why must everything associated with Bennifer and his frequent companion, Matt Damon, be associated with Boston? Ok Ben, we get it....you're from New England now can you go away? If I had to look at one more obese drunken soak wearing a Red Sox cap, I was going to emit my supper.
The opening narration by Junior Bennifer is so banal and ultimately pointless. I'm convinced it's sole purpose was to let the viewer know how grating yet forgettable this picture would be. I won't go into every detail that I found implausible, but just to list a few: Junior Bennifer somehow knows every con in the city, yet is apparently hated by most of them. Junior Bennifer is approximately 5'6 145 lbs, yet he mouths off to at least five hardened thugs and suffers nary the slightest scratch.
The seasoned detectives allow Junior Bennifer behind the curtain and supply him with investigative information despite the fact that they're in on the misgivings. My brain can only handle thinking about this slop for so long so I'll wrap up with one final though. The entire bar scene with the masked gun toting lunatic was useless, and simply served as a means to end with more gunshots and a dramatic slumped over declaration.
In closing, Bennifer and family think they created some controversial theme here. They think they're being artistic with the opening narration and the foul mouthed walking DYFS case mother. The truth is that they created a forgettable, oily, nonsensical picture that Morgan Freeman should have run screaming from.
Good topic, average film but acting is above the norm.
posted on 13 Aug 2009Mostly watchable private detective story about a missing girl that is captivating for a good part of its running time and the acting is above par. However some scenes are pretty harsh and the ending maybe a little contrived. Not quite worth the hype but again better than most of what is put on the shelves these days.
If this is was to be expected from Ben Affleck-directed movies...
posted on 12 Aug 2009This is Ben Affleck's directorial debut, after his acting career has been somewhat reduced to being fairly mocked on Family Guy, he made this movie which is quite good. This movie had been slightly derailed over comparisons to the notorious McCaan mystery that has been all the talk in Portugal, so understandably there might be tendency to pre-judge and people are likely going to get upset, however close examination of it's plot reveals no similarities to the elusive real world case, but speculation continues... This story centers around Patrick Kenzie, a private detective who's assigned to look for a missing child that sparked a lot of media attention, the child of a single mother who goes missing for hours on end. As Patrick and her partner/girlfriend continue their search, nothing is what it seems and suddenly the truth is much scarier then you might think as the people you trust and the people you meet on this case become more ambiguous. The mystery storyline is quite impressive, with some great twists and turns that you won't see coming(at least not at first). There's also an interesting moral struggle near the end of the movie, which will likely make people take sides over this matter. Acting is acceptable, thought Casey Aflleck didn't strike me as entirely convincing, was it his accent? Because he sounded fairly one tone(ironically kinda like his brother). Patrick is presented as a detective with lots of connections who apparently can wave threats to a sleazy Haitian crook, but his appearance doesn't make it entirely convincing, but the character's sense of morals make up for these shortcomings. Michelle Mohganagan is also acceptable and Morgan Freeman is just being himself. Ed Harris shines as the hardened cop who the audience will keep guessing as to his true intentions. Overall, it's an acceptable cast. You can say that Gone Baby Gone is also well shot, with some shots of people walking around Boston, emerging you into it, but also the underbelly of civilization is briefly shown through petty thieves and most disturbingly in the house of a coke-addicted couple and their child-molesting buddy(quite a shocking scene, even if when it's not entirely shown). The soundtrack feels just about right. This is a great movie and I recommend everybody watching this.
Who decides what is right for a child?
posted on 12 Aug 2009Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and his girlfriend Angie Gennaro (Michele Monaghan) are private investigators who are known for their knowledge and contacts within Boston's blue collar world. Patrick himself is native to the area and so his connection to the people that make it up run deep. When Lionel and Beatrice McCready (Titus Welliver and Amy Madigan) approach them to help find their kidnapped niece Amanda (Madeline O'Brian) both of them find themselves in a case that runs far deeper then they imagined.Gone Baby Gone is a rough movie to watch but is powerful nonetheless. Ben Affleck enlists the difficult lower class areas of Boston almost as if they were characters for the film. The heavy Bostonian accents, punctuated with the famous short temper that many Irish descendent's are known for, give the film sense of life that other movies of this genre often lack. Many of the characters seem real simply by the way they hold themselves in a manner that one would expect someone from the wrong side of the tracks. The characters of Gone Baby Gone are for the most part stuck in a hopeless cycle that often accompanies those who grow up in a area known more for drugs and poverty then anything else.Patrick and Angie soon discover that Amanda's mother Helene McCready(Amy Ryan) was involved in a plan to rip off a drug dealer who she worked for. Helen, the stereotypical addict mother who cares more for her next high then her own child, proves more of a challenge then a help for the two which later becomes an issue. It is Helen's behavior and attitudes towards Amanda that will set the real moral question behind Gone Baby Gone.Police captain Jack Doyle (Morgan Freeman), who is less than pleased at having two private investigators help the police, assigns Detectives Remy Bressant (Ed Harris) and Nick Poole (John Ashton) as contacts for Patrick and Angie. It is Remy in particular who becomes an important character once it is assumed that Amanda has been killed by the very drug dealer that her mother stole from weeks earlier. His own actions will also set the scene for the final question that both Patrick and Angie must ask themselves.Gone Baby Gone takes several changes that turn the entire case upside down. Even after Amanda's suspected death, Patrick and Angie discover that that it wasn't a drug dealer but Lionel, Remy, and even Captian Doyle who were behind the "kidnapping" of Amanda. Lionel wanted a better life for his niece, Remy and his partner saw chance for money, and Jack wanted an opportunity not only to save a child but to perhaps replace the daughter he himself lost years earlier.The truth is made known only after several deaths and even then the question still remains difficult to face. Once it is discovered that Jack and his wife are raising Amanda in a safe country home far from the drugs, booze, poverty, and a life that will never escape her neighborhood, Patrick must decide if what Doyle has done is really in Amanda's best interest or if she should be given back to her mother. Remy's own death and confession of various illegal activities meant for the greater good forces Patrick to realize that if right and wrong are to be separate then the "right" way to do things must always be done no matter what. And that includes giving Amanda back to a mother who in any other situation would probably care less about her. It's a difficult choice that leads to Doyle's own arrest and Angie leaving him after pleading for him to leave Amanda far from Boston.Gone Baby Gone isn't just a kidnapping or mystery movie. It's a movie that forces one to ask whether or not if justice and being right are always worth the price that both demand. It would be easy to argue that Patrick should have left Amanda with Jack but in doing so one enters a very dangerous slippery slope. As Remy proved through his own actions, doing the wrong thing for the right reasons can still lead to negative consequences. Doing the right thing can also lead to such an ending but in this case honor has been served if one is willing to hold to a greater standard then just emotions. Patrick must live with his choice but he could argue that it is choice that he was glad he made and one he can live with. 9/10
Gone Baby Gone's a Thriller Filled With Dark Secrets.
posted on 30 Aug 2009Ben Affleck's directional debut is something very assured as his younger brother Casey Affleck stars in this Dennis Lehane-thriller. GONE BABY GONE is a high standard thriller, mesmerizing from the first second with Affleck's narrative-voice to the moral-dilemma of the finale. And Ben Affleck has done a great job combining the police-investigation with hometown-Boston flavor and psychological complexity, something not too many mystery-movies nail. The surface of this movie is pure mystery, a girl's disappearance shakes up the neighborhood - but underneath there lies moral and emotional shimmering, and that's where great acting-performances kicks in; the crackhead-mother is brilliantly played by Amy Ryan, and Ed Harris turns out a rock-hard police-detective, but Casey Affleck's first lead-role as Patrick Kenzie is truly breathtaking, showing his fully capable of a lead role.This compelling thriller asks difficult questions, and the clues revealed throughout makes it one of the most thrilling movies so far this year. Bravo Affleck!