One Paragraph Review: Gone Baby Gone

I've got to say, this movie absolutely blew me away. It's superbly written and acted. Gone Baby Gone tells the story of a little girl gone missing in a Boston neighborhood. Casey Affleck does a great job delivering some very respectable one-liners. What I think impressed me the most is that this movie is very well directed. It's very well put together. There is a lot of plot and character development but it never feels heavy, never feels like its being foisted upon you. Ben Affleck, half of the superstar formerly known as Bennifer, really hit it out the park in his directorial debut. In many ways Gone Baby Gone is the movie Mystic River tried and failed to be.