
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 Boston neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dea... (Full plot summary below)
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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 Boston neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve their case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that could tear them apart.
Leave your thoughts about Gone Baby Gone.
| Entertainment SpectrumVince KoehlerBen Affleck really surprised me with this one. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomGone Baby Gone will haunt you because it does not offer any pat answers or resolutions. It is like real life, complex and messy. |
| Houston ChronicleBruce WestbrookA love-tolerate valentine to the city, it feels more real than the gangster-gorged mean streets of Martin Scorsese's The Departed, and just as tortured as Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. |
| WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)Kevin McCarthyTo this day, six months after seeing the film for the first time, I still do not know the answer to one of the biggest moral dilemmas I have ever seen. Casey Affleck's character has to make a decision at the end of this film that just blew my mind. |
| eFilmCritic.comDavid CorneliusGone Baby Gone is a masterful work, going beyond the boundaries of simple detective thriller and into the realm of intelligent, morally complex drama. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesAlthough it's far from the masterpiece of crime drama that most critics would lead you to believe, the movie is quite good -- a keenly observant film of life's ambiguities and nuances. |
| Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)Greg Maki... Signals the arrival of a natural, gifted filmmaker. |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekOne of the smartest [movies] of the year. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressGone, Baby, Gone is not just one of the strongest pictures of the year, but one of the best debuts behind the camera for any filmmaker, moviestar or otherwise. |
| Christianity TodayTodd HertzBy marrying an intense thriller with bigger issues and a three-dimensional lead, Gone Baby Gone isn't only hard-hitting, it's also meaningful, emotional and resonating. |