I enjoyed Gone Girl
on every level on which it’s possible to enjoy a movie: as entertainment, as
comedy, as art, as a masterful display of filmmaking technique. It's a thriller that’s thrilling simply in
the bare fact of its existence. That a
film like this-- with this budget, this level of talent, produced and promoted
at this scale about this subject matter portrayed in this way-- exists at all
is thrilling in and of itself. That it also
succeeds on every level makes the whole thing one of the most enjoyable
experiences I've had at the movies in years and recalibrated my conception of
what's possible artistically and thematically in a big budget thriller. I'm pretty sure I was grinning like an idiot
for fifteen minutes after the credits rolled.
