'Selma' director Ava DuVernay, who gave the film an uncredited and necessary rewrite from top to bottom, takes the story of Dr. In an era of giving audiences what they want, praise to Fincher for giving us what we can debate. Like the best films, 'Gone Girl' is challenging, messy and leaves more questions than answers. 'Gone Girl' proved to be one of the year's most controversial films - oh, the think pieces it spawned! - but that just seems to reinforce its brilliance. The supporting cast is just as strong shouts here to Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens and, lol, Tyler Perry because Fincher decided he could literally do anything in this movie. He's matched by Rosamund Pike, as Nick's wife, Amazing Amy, who gives a performance that would have made Alfred Hitchcock nod in approval. As Nick Dunne, the bro with a wandering eye, Ben Affleck has never been better. 'Gone Girl' is twisted and mean, a perverse dance between two duplicitous people who deserve each other more than most couples in the throes of true love. In translating Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel to the screen (with a tight script written by Flynn herself), Fincher has created a black comedy for the ages. As long as the films continue to be as good as 'Gone Girl,' we're cool with that. Sometime after 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' David Fincher decided to become our preeminent director of books people read on airplanes.
