Gone Girl (2014)
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With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 1 October 2014 |
| Genre | Mystery, Thriller, Drama |
| Director | David Fincher |
| Starring | Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris |
| Runtime | 149 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 8/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 88% · Metacritic 79/100 · TMDB users 7.9/10 |
| Budget | $61 million |
| Box office | $369 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
David Fincher’s 2014 thriller runs 149 minutes, a duration that feels like a punishment for your own curiosity. The plot hinges on a media circus that consumes a man suspected of murder. It is a film that treats audience sympathy as a resource to be stripped away. You will feel the ground shift under your feet. One side of the story is a lie so convincing it rewrites the other.
What the critics said
Critics leaned toward praise, though not without friction. Rotten Tomatoes reports an 88% approval rating based on 368 reviews as of March 2024. Metacritic tallies a 79 out of 100 from 49 critics as of June 2025. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus calls it "dark, intelligent, and stylish to a fault." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times noted the film is "impeccably directed." Dissent existed. Anthony Lane of The New Yorker asked why the movie didn't claw as The Social Network did. The division of labor was clear: praise for the craft, skepticism for the heart.
How it did with audiences
It cost $61 million and took $369 million worldwide, a spread that Deadline Hollywood pegged at a $129.99 million profit. That made it one of the most profitable films of 2014, a stat that matters more than the opening weekend, which was merely big. On TMDB, users rate it 7.9 out of 10. The math works out fine for the studio.
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Sources
- Gone Girl on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q14920425 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Gone Girl (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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