Fincher Countdown Part 9 - Gone Girl

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!

 

On part 9 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit Fincher's most recent film, the 2014 psychological mystery thriller, based on the best-selling Gillian Flynn novel of the same name, GONE GIRL. Starring Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne, a writing teacher at a local college, and Rosamund Pike as Nick's wife, Amy, GONE GIRL embarks as a story to solve the mystery of Amy's sudden disappearance on hers and Nick's 5th wedding anniversary. However, as the investigation into her disappearance progresses, Nick becomes a prime suspect in the eyes of their local Missouri town and in the eyes of Detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens). Nick and his sister, Margo (Carrie Coon), attempt to prove Nick's innocence, but as the context of Amy's disappearance becomes clearer, it is apparent that something quite suspicious indeed was going on in the days, weeks, months, and even years leading up to her disappearance, as the first half of Fincher's and Flynn's story unfolds with dueling narratives: one in the present from Nick's perspective after Amy's disappearance is discovered and the other in the past from Amy's perspective, telling the story of Nick and Amy's relationship. The countdown trio give their thoughts on the two lead performances from Affleck and Pike, the quality of the supporting cast, how compelling the plot and the narrative is, and whether the film may go too far in certain departments for some podcast members' likings.