Gone Baby Gone
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When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
What critics thought
Ben Affleck's directorial debut earned strong notices for its gritty rendering of working-class Boston and for coaxing standout performances from its cast — Amy Ryan's supporting turn drew particular attention and award recognition. Critics diverged on how authentically the film captured its setting, with some finding it a genuine portrait of a community and others arguing it flattened Boston into caricature the way Deliverance did to Appalachia. The result is widely respected as a gripping moral thriller, even if its sociological ambitions are seen as overreaching by skeptics.
“The brothers Affleck both emerge triumphant in this mesmerizing thriller.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“The result is not so much what Mean Streets did for New York as what Deliverance did for Appalachia.”
Patrick Radden Keefe·Slate
“Gone Baby Gone might not be a perfect film, but it's an important one, if only to raise the question: 'What is home?”
Arnon Grunberg·Vrij Nederland
Accolades
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Ben AffleckDirector
Casey AffleckPatrick Kenzie
Michelle MonaghanAngie Gennaro
Morgan FreemanJack Doyle
Ed HarrisRemy Bressant
John AshtonNick Poole
Amy RyanHelene McCready
Amy MadiganBea McCready
Titus WelliverLionel McCready
Michael Kenneth WilliamsDevin
Edi GathegiCheese
Mark MargolisLeon Trett
Harry Gregson-WilliamsComposer
Aaron StockardWriter
Dennis LehaneWriter
John TollCinematographyGone Baby Gone
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
What critics thought
Ben Affleck's directorial debut earned strong notices for its gritty rendering of working-class Boston and for coaxing standout performances from its cast — Amy Ryan's supporting turn drew particular attention and award recognition. Critics diverged on how authentically the film captured its setting, with some finding it a genuine portrait of a community and others arguing it flattened Boston into caricature the way Deliverance did to Appalachia. The result is widely respected as a gripping moral thriller, even if its sociological ambitions are seen as overreaching by skeptics.
“The brothers Affleck both emerge triumphant in this mesmerizing thriller.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“The result is not so much what Mean Streets did for New York as what Deliverance did for Appalachia.”
Patrick Radden Keefe·Slate
“Gone Baby Gone might not be a perfect film, but it's an important one, if only to raise the question: 'What is home?”
Arnon Grunberg·Vrij Nederland
Accolades
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Ben AffleckDirectorCasey AffleckPatrick KenzieMichelle MonaghanAngie GennaroMorgan FreemanJack DoyleEd HarrisRemy BressantJohn AshtonNick PooleAmy RyanHelene McCreadyAmy MadiganBea McCreadyTitus WelliverLionel McCreadyMichael Kenneth WilliamsDevinEdi GathegiCheeseMark MargolisLeon TrettHarry Gregson-WilliamsComposerAaron StockardWriterDennis LehaneWriterJohn TollCinematographyStream
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