Ben Affleck directs? Sounds scary at first, but “Gone Baby Gone” is a fantastic movie with an uncomprosing and grim feel story to the very end! After the disappearance of a small girl, Casey Affleck and his partner Michelle Monaghan, both PIs that are speciallized in missing people, are asked by the aunt-in-law to help find her. The police captain, Morgan Freeman, teams them up with two experienced cops played by John Ashton and a brilliant Ed Harris. Investigating together in Boston’s poor neighborhoods, they quickly find out that the missing girl might have actually been abducted, with drugs and stolen money being the key reasons… Sure enough, things turn out not to be what they seem at first or at second, and after some very well placed surprises and twists, the movie concludes quite low-key and with a bitter taste.

What I found most intriguing at the end was that after our “heros” all tried to do the right thing, what they thought was the best and most ethical, they all pay the price in a real world, where the right thing to do isn’t necessarily the best. None of the good guys choices is too outrageous, making their motivations accessible to the viewer throughout the whole film, thus underlining the moral ambiguity at the end. All in all I would say that this is a very interesting movie and a must!