Gone Girl- Teen Movie Review

Do you really know someone? Are they happily married or are they pretending to be someone they’re not? Gone Girl is the story about  Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund Pike), a married couple approaching their fifth wedding anniversary. Initially their marriage is wonderful, Nick fell in love with “cool Amy” and Amy fell in love with a hard working loving husband. However things change when Nick loses his job and stressful times arise. So on the day of their fifth anniversary, Amy disappears. Did Nick kill her?  Was she kidnapped?  Where is Amy? No one knows as the disappearance of Amy becomes a nation wide media hype. Based on the New York Times Best Seller by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is a suspenseful drama, one that would be disturbing for kids.

Rating: 1 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: January 13, 2015
MPAA Rating: R
Best Age Group: 17+
Sexual Content: Excessive
Violent Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
Drugs and Alcohol: Mild
Will it Appeal to kids? No

Talking Points:

People of all ages have been very excited for the release of Gone Girl due to the popularity of the book. Reading it is one thing, however there are several graphic violent and sexual scenes (see details below)  which are very intense and disturbing and would most likely upset kids;  pre-teens and younger.

Sexual Content: Excessive

• There are several graphic sexual scenes showing oral sex, explicit sexual encounters, publicly and privately, breast nudity and full-frontal male nudity.
• There are sexual references regarding oral sex, male/female body parts, incest and masturbation.

Violent Content: Excessive

• We see a couple in a sexual encounter, the woman slits the mans throat, killing him. We see massive amounts of blood pouring from his neck.
• We see a character use a wine bottle (under her nightgown) to fake an injury, she stains her underwear with red wine.
• Amy hits herself in the face with a hammer,  bites a lover’s lip drawing blood, and injects a needle in herself and proceeds to spill her blood on the floor.
• Amy and Nick get into an argument, he slams her head against a wall. In another scene we see Nick  throwing Amy to the floor.

Crude or Profane Language: Excessive

• The f-word, “sh-t,” “a–,” “b–ch,” “p—,” “h—,” “p—y,” and “c—” are used throughout the film.

Drugs and Alcohol: Mild

• Character’s are shown drinking beer and wine.
• We see characters smoking cigarettes.

Will it Appeal to kids? No

Overall Gone Girl is a disturbing, violent and sexual film, one I do not recommend for kids.

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