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'Gone Baby Gone' Feels Like Two Narratives Pasted Together
For his directing debut Ben Affleck adapts a Dennis Lehane novel that resists being converted into the usual three-act structure like a circle being jammed into a square.
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'Gone Baby Gone': A Fleck of Promisenew
Though no modern classic, Gone Baby Gone is a solid, interesting and affecting film that is well worth watching. It's also one of those films that truly challenges audiences to confront big, unexpected questions and leaves them soul searching and squabbling into the night.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
10-25-2007 |
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'Gone Baby Gone': Kenzie's Choicenew
Ben Affleck's directorial debut leaves nothing but grave moral doubts -- to its credit.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
10-19-2007 |
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'Gone Baby Gone': Right and Wrongnew
Some of the music in the film is a bit on the maudlin side -- and that's the only bad thing I have to say about it.
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'Gone Baby Gone': Inappropriate Afflecknew
Ben unwisely puts Casey at the bat in his promising directorial debut.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
10-19-2007 |
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'Gone Baby Gone': Mean Streetsnew
Irish-American street life and working-class misery are always easy excuses for over acting.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
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Ben Affeck, Natural Director?new
It's easy to forget that Affleck won an Oscar for the Good Will Hunting screenplay. With his latest release he's rediscovered the perfect role for himself, one that he probably should have been playing all along: the guy behind the camera.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
10-17-2007 |
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City of Lost Childrennew
What's with all the dead babies in Boston? There's something distinctly crude about the simultaneous arrival of two new movies -- Gone Baby Gone and Reservation Road -- that focus on slain children and bereaved parents.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-17-2007 |
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The Brothers Affleck on 'Gone Baby Gone'new
First-time director Ben and lil' bro Casey dish on fame and family.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
10-17-2007 |
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Boston Lethal
The soul- (and body-) killing streets of a city come to life in Gone Baby Gone.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-12-2007 |
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