Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers (WGA):

Ben Affleck (screenplay) &
Aaron Stockard (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Everyone Wants The Truth... Until They Find It.

Plot:

Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel.

Plot Keywords:

Child Molester | Aunt Niece Relationship | Postmodernism | Private Detective | Funeral

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 17 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Casey Affleck	...	Patrick Kenzie
Michelle Monaghan	...	Angie Gennaro
Morgan Freeman	...	Jack Doyle
Ed Harris	...	Remy Bressant
John Ashton	...	Nick Poole
Amy Ryan	...	Helene McCready
Amy Madigan	...	Bea McCready
Titus Welliver	...	Lionel McCready
Michael K. Williams	...	Devin (as Michael Kenneth Williams)
Edi Gathegi	...	Cheese
Mark Margolis	...	Leon Trett
Madeline O'Brien	...	Amanda McCready
Slaine	...	Bubba
Trudi Goodman	...	Roberta Trett
Matthew Maher	...	Corwin Earle

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | South Korea:18 | South Africa:16LV | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Malaysia:18PL | Portugal:M/16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:15 | Germany:16 | France:-12 | Singapore:R21 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Israel:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | USA:R (certificate #43431) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

LivePlanet

Trivia:

Ben Affleck's directorial debut in a major motion picture, although he did direct two other movies that never made it to the big screen.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Near the end of the film, when Helene is talking to Patrick about the guy she's about to go out on a date with, she says, "He drove down from Providence". Anyone living in Boston all their life would never say it that way, instead, she would say, "He drove up from Providence" as Providence is south of Boston geographically.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Patrick Kenzie: I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they'd accomplished. The bodies around their souls, the cities wrapped around those...

Movie Connections:

References "The Addams Family" (1964)

Soundtrack:

You're Crazy

Great Baby Great

When I went into the theater to see Gone Baby Gone, Casey Affleck was not what I pictured when I read Dennis Lehane's Patrick Kenzie novels. But he won me over and will now forever be Kenzie as far as I'm concerned.

Gone Baby Gone is a tough and gritty movie about a child abduction and the lives it destroys. You can see the end coming a little too early in the movie, but it's still fascinating watching Kenzie slog through a lot of awful stuff before you get there. Ben Affleck has proved that he can direct a movie with the best of them. There was nothing slack or boring for the entire running time, and the ending will give you something to argue about over dinner after watching the movie.

The best detective movie I've seen in a while.