Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Casey AffleckPatrick Kenzie
- Michelle MonaghanAngie Gennaro
- Morgan FreemanJack Doyle
- Ed HarrisSgt. Det. Remy Bressant
- John AshtonDet. Nick Poole
- Amy RyanHelene McCready
- Amy MadiganBea McCready
- Titus WelliverLionel McCready
- Michael Kenneth WilliamsDevin
- Edi Gathegi"Cheese" Jean Baptiste
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The A.V. Club
Though its procedural goes a little soft in the middle, Gone Baby Gone quietly accumulates in power, leading to one of the more subtly devastating final shots in recent memory. - 88
ReelViews
Gone Baby Gone is powerful stuff - a movie that derives its plot twists from moral conundrums rather than from narrative sleight of hand. - 88
Rolling Stone
Gone Baby Gone is full of dark secrets, and how they unravel will keep you glued. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
It's a tribute to this thoughtful, deeply poignant, splendidly executed film that we replay the conclusion in our minds long after the lights come on. - 80
Village Voice
In his strikingly downbeat directorial debut, Affleck has created something of a blue-moon rarity: an American movie of genuine moral complexity. - 70
Variety
Moral ambiguity is the real star of Ben Affleck's helming debut, Gone Baby Gone, an involving Boston-set tale of mixed motives, selflessness and perfidy in the wake of a 4-year-old girl's disappearance. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Casey Affleck has never had a pedestal like the one his brother provides him, and he earns it. His Patrick is pale and raspy, with a slight grogginess that gives him an astounding vulnerability--and makes his bursts of temper shocking. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Affleck the director shows excellent instincts, not least of which is letting his younger brother, Casey, hold the center as a young guy not as smaht as he thinks he is.