Product Description

Critics are calling Ben Affleck's directorial debut "mesmerizing" (Peter Travers ROLLING STONE). When two young private detectives (Casey Affleck (GOOD WILL HUNTING) and Michelle Monaghan MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III) are hired to take a closer look into the mysterious disappearance of a little girl they soon unravel a multitude of twists and turns where nothing is what it seems. Ultimately they must risk everything -- their relationship their sanity and even their lives -- in the search to find her. Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman are electrifying and Amy Ryan (CAPOTE) delivers "a vibrant knockout performance" (Kenneth Turan LOS ANGELES TIMES) in this edge-of-your-seat crime drama. GONE BABY GONE "will have you talking long after it's over" (Christy Lemire THE ASSOCIATED PRESS).System Requirements:Running Time: 114 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 786936727487 Manufacturer No: 05373800

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #707 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Released on: 2008-02-12
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.25 pounds
• Running time: 114 minutes

Amazon.com
For his initial offering as director, Ben Affleck returns to the site of his first Oscar: South Boston. (He and Matt Damon shared the award for Good Will Hunting.) Hot on the heels of his moving turn in Hollywoodland, Affleck's Dennis Lehane adaptation marks one of the more seamless actor-to-filmmaker transitions in recent years. Ostensibly, a procedural about the search for a missing child, class and corruption emerge as his primary concerns. First off, there's low-rent private eye Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck, equally adept in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). Then there's the girl's drug mule mother, Helene (Amy Ryan, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead). She and Patrick grew up in Dorchester, but he took a different path, setting up an agency with his girlfriend, Angie (Michelle Monaghan). Helene's aunt, Bea (Amy Madigan), hires the duo to augment the investigation, and they team up with Captain Doyle (Morgan Freeman) and Detective Bressant (Madigan's husband, Ed Harris). The authorities don't appreciate the interference, but Patrick knows how to get the local populace talking, and he soon finds there's more to the story than anyone could possibly imagine. Hard-hitting, but never soft-headed, the evocative end result proves Affleck has a flair for this directing thing and that his little brother can carry a major motion picture with aplomb. Gone Baby Gone belongs on the list of great Boston crime dramas, along with The Departed and Mystic River, Clint Eastwood's take on Lehane. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Customer Reviews

The Affleck's are awesome
Very entertaining. Had a great screenplay and some great lines to quote later to your friends.

Intense and Thought-Provoking
I really wasn't that interested in watching GONE BABY GONE when my husband turned it on. Very quickly, however, I was drawn into the intense drama on the screen. This movie is emotional, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and extremely thought provoking. It is not easy to watch. But it is very much worth seeing.

I like my movies to entertain me, teach me something, or make me think. GONE BABY GONE definitely falls into that third category. It is not always easy to define right from wrong, good from bad, black from white. And when the life of a child is involved, the moral areas get grayer and grayer. Is it right to commit a crime, if it will improve the life and happiness of a child? This question is posed in many different ways in this film, and the answer is never clear or easy.

Overall, the acting is very good. Headliners Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris give realistic, believable, heartfelt performances. The supporting cast, including Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Michelle Monaghan, and John Ashton are all very strong and genuine. In some cases, perhaps the performances were almost too realistic; I had some difficulty in a few places understanding the thick, almost mumbled, South Boston accent.

First time director Ben Affleck does an outstanding job. He navigates you through the multiple twists, turns, and reverse loops of this detective mystery thriller so well that you never quite see what is coming. The end is disturbing, to say the least, and leaves you thinking hard, trying to decide what is "right." My husband and I are still debating this, and we will be for some time to come. Highly recommended.

Bought a DVD
Very happy with the speed of delivery from the USA to Europe. To be recommended