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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThough its procedural goes a little soft in the middle, Gone Baby Gone quietly accumulates in power, leading to one of the more subtly devastating final shots in recent memory.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliGone Baby Gone is powerful stuff - a movie that derives its plot twists from moral conundrums rather than from narrative sleight of hand.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversGone Baby Gone is full of dark secrets, and how they unravel will keep you glued.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt's a tribute to this thoughtful, deeply poignant, splendidly executed film that we replay the conclusion in our minds long after the lights come on.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn his strikingly downbeat directorial debut, Affleck has created something of a blue-moon rarity: an American movie of genuine moral complexity.
- 70VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonMoral ambiguity is the real star of Ben Affleck's helming debut, Gone Baby Gone, an involving Boston-set tale of mixed motives, selflessness and perfidy in the wake of a 4-year-old girl's disappearance.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinCasey Affleck has never had a pedestal like the one his brother provides him, and he earns it. His Patrick is pale and raspy, with a slight grogginess that gives him an astounding vulnerability--and makes his bursts of temper shocking.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAffleck the director shows excellent instincts, not least of which is letting his younger brother, Casey, hold the center as a young guy not as smaht as he thinks he is.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAs a leading man, Casey Affleck has a nebbishy quality and a mumbly speaking voice that I personally find disruptive to a movie's flow.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe film is reasonably effective all the same, though Affleck has yet to learn how to conduct each scene like a musical score, paying attention to matters of tempo and dynamics.