Who would have thought that tubby Ben Affleck had in him to write and direct something like Gone Baby Gone. I obviously only watched it for Casey Affleck but nonetheless, it was quite a watch it was! Patrick Kenzie (C. Affleck) is a private detective in a small town where he grew up and currently lives with his girlfriend, Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), apparently, she’s been in The Bourne Supremacy, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and uncredited in Constantine.
Anyhoo! 4 year old Amanda McCready has gone missing and her doped up mother doesn’t seem to give a shit, the cops are everywhere, investigations are being carried out but her sister-in-law thinks hiring private detectives would help, so off she goes to hire the PI love birds, only Angie isn’t so big on doing a case like this cuz she doesn’t want to find a dead 4-year old. Nevertheless, the soft-spoken Kenzie convinces her otherwise and away they go on their journey!
And guess who they meet on this fantastical journey?? Morgan Freeman, of course! Everyone knows that no journey would be complete with Mr. Freeman! This time he is in the pissed form of Capt. Jack Doyle. Capt. Doyle lost his daughter not long before so he seems extremely determined not to fail, along comes a toughed up Ed Harris as Det. Remy Bressant who proceeds to question Helene McCready (Amy Ryan), lil Amanda’s mama and well just do the cop’s job. While all this investigating is goin on, the PI love birds tag along on most the investigations with some…….shall we say implications?
Let’s just say it not what you would expect it to be, there’s quite an interesting twist and since it’s a “No Spoilers Guaranteed” blog, I’m making it the perfect excuse for being just plain lazy!!
3 1/2 pills out of 5
