Gone Girl
The first rule of fight club is don't talk about fight club. That's kind of how I feel about Fight Club and The Social Network director David Fincher 's latest, Gone Girl . To talk at length about this adaptation of Gillian Flynn 's best-selling novel (adapted for the screen by Flynn) would be to give too much away. I suppose if you've read the book then there aren't any spoilers to be found, but I didn't read the book before seeing the movie, so I found the movie suspenseful. I wouldn't want to spoil the fun for anyone else. And so, I can't talk about what I enjoyed the most about this caper. I can tell you that the story revolves around the titular gone girl, Amy ( Rosamund Pike , whose terrific performance I can't break down for fear of revealing spoilers). Her husband, Nick ( Ben Affleck , a recent Oscar winner for Argo ), is the prime suspect, as is often the case in such mysteries. Nick finds refuge with his twin sister, Margo (the ...