Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone

Everyone wants the truth... until they find it.

Directed by Ben Affleck

Produced by Miramax, The Ladd Company

2007113 min7.3 / 10

A morally complex neo-noir mystery about two street-level detectives navigating corruption and complicity in a child abduction case that forces them to confront uncomfortable truths.

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 neighborhood in which they all live.

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  • Is Gone Baby Gone one of a kind? No. Less singular than 97% of films.

  • Is Gone Baby Gone sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Gone Baby Gone scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Gone Baby Gone end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Gone Baby Gone violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Gone Baby Gone easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

47/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity7

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise82

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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