Sunday, October 21, 2007
Gone, Baby, Gone
In “Gone, Baby, Gone,” director Ben Afflick explores the difference between what is right and what is morally right. And as the consequences demonstrate, the decisions the main character Patrick (Casey Afflick) makes, while right, might not have been morally right. Private investigator Patrick Kenzie and his girlfriend/partner Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) are hired by Lionel and Beatrice McCready to help with the investigation of the disappearance of their young niece, Amanda. At odds with the situation is Amanda’s drug addict mother, two police detectives (Ed Harris and John Ashton) and their captain (Morgan Freeman). Nonetheless, Patrick and Angie continue to pursue neighborhood leads and discover that nothing is as it seems. For the audience this results in a few red herrings and some twists along the way. Ben Afflick does a surprisingly good job behind the camera and brother Casey is very effective as a man truly caught on the horns of a dilemma. The movie is worth seeing; however, if you don’t catch it in the theaters, be sure to see it on DVD. (10/20/07)
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Not only did I find this movie extremely well done on many fronts: acting, directing, and story, but I also was piqued by the overlying dilemma...who has the right to determine when a parent is unfit? Is it fair to take a child because one thinks they can offer a better home? And, in the end, is that child really better off? Who is to say what "gray area" is abuse, or child endangerment? I honestly don't know what I would have done in that situation.
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