Major differences between the gone girl book and movie. Though rumors throughout production implied that flynn, who also wrote the movie s script, was going to change the ending, the. You may lose the entire afternoon reading old spoilers. I was hoping that the ending of the movie would differ from the book. On wednesday, the new york times published an interview with ben affleck, who plays nick dunne in the highly anticipated david fincher adaptation of gillian flynns bestselling novel. Then earlier this year, in an interview with ew about the movie. Gone girl is a nightmare of love gone cold and a relationship gone south, coupled with an elaborate revenge fantasy that both exploits and reclaims sexist images and assumptions.
David finchers gone girl 2014 is a stylized thriller with chilling surprises. But thankfully it wasnt, that would have been just another execution of a standard ending withatwist. Nick and amy make their first public appearance together at the volunteer center, posing as a happily reunited couple. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. How the gone girl movie ends popsugar entertainment. I know gone girl is a best seller and a lot of people loved it, but i couldnt even finish it. David finchers gone girl movie ending sounds like itll stick pretty closely to the source material gillian flynns book after all. Fans of the novel gone girl might be in for a big surprise when the movie version is released later this year. It was a shitty ending on an otherwise good film, but it completely obliterates my enjoyment of the movie to try and accept such a contrived twist and thus ruins the entire film for me. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. Gone girl is a story of the trials and tribulations that a couple, nick and amy dunne go through in their young marriage. In the new suspense thriller gone, jill parrish amanda seyfried comes home from a night shift to discover her sister molly has been abducted. Read on for flynns explanation as to why gone girls ending is the only one.
A recent profile of star ben affleck briefly delves into the nature of director david finchers gone girl movie ending, potentially clarifying rumors. The ending to this film always gets me and i still cant decide for myself who was right in the end. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. This is the film s real ace and where finchers aims really lie. Well i read the book and i had a hard time finding the difference between the books ending. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a. Even if the movie had ended at half point, that would have been a complete story with a twist. Its a tight, not to say taut, thriller, obsessively stylish, carefully measured and handsomely cast. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book. Gone girl movie plot ending, explained the cinemaholic.
She asks very pointed questions of amy after the latters return to the scene of the crime that never. The film adaptation of the bestselling novel is directed by david fincher, and stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as the toxic married couple nick and amy dunne. Its also a film about a psychopath who turns an ordinary life into chaos. The differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn.
Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read. With ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, tyler perry. As gone girl rolled through production, there was talk about director david fincher and screenwriter gillian flynn tinkering with and possibly changing the ending to the authors bestselling. If you somehow did not read the headline of this post, we will restate this is a discussion about the ending of gone girl the movie. If you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre. We have all been part of a manipulative relationship, stuck with a manipulative partner, or been cheated upon wherein all hell broke loose once the masks of normalcy were shed.
So now that were already buzzing and oh that chatter is destined to be cast far and wide we might as well clear something up for. Finchers direction complements her writing with his sleek, smooth camera shots of clear violence and open sexuality. I disliked the characters and to see their relationship disintegrating was just disturbing to me. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012. Top movies streaming and dvd warning the ending to these films will be revealed.
Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Gone girl is probably the worst date movie of the year again, a good. Gone girl runs 149 minutes and is rated r for a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual contentnudity, and language. Thatd be gone girl, for sure the buzziest movie of late.
The story the first half of gone girl is essentially a masterclass in misdirection and after the reveal that last warning amy is still alive things move so quickly theres hardly time to even. With less than a month to go until gone girl hits theaters, clues about the movies ending are piling up like those amy dunne leaves for her husband, nick. Gone girl movie ending may cut closer to the book than. Earlier this year, many fans of gillian flynns 2012 thriller gone girl were dismayed to learn that the author had changed the storys ending for the film adaptation. Flynn, is portrayed as a reasonably sharp individual. Exploring the expectations of modern relationships to such a diabolical length, gone girl is probably the worst date movie of the year again. I did read the ending and after i did knew id made the right decision in not wasting my time with this book. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. Gone girl is the movie flynn fans hoped for and sets pike up for a worthy oscar nomination but fincher disappoints in failing to improve upon the alreadybrilliant book. Gone girl movie ending may not be so different from the. There were rumors going around that gillian flynn wrote the screenplay with a different ending. What makes gone girl click, perhaps most, not counting its obvious credits as a wellmade film and a taut thriller, is that we have all been there. The ending of gone girl has always been controversial, and now that the movie has exposed a whole new legion of formerly innocent bystanders to flynns dark, cutthroat bestseller, that controversy has only expanded.
It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. She spoke about how she prepared to play amy dunne, which included. Both a bleak snapshot of modern love gone toxic and a razortoothed satire of tabloidera sensationalism, finchers film tells the nightmare story of nick and amy dunne, a fairytale couple. It is a story about love, murder, revenge, the medias treatment of the accused and the accuser. They are even set to have an interview with ellen abbott in their home. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these.
The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. Gone girl movie will have a different ending from the book. Though rosamund pike goes full kathy bates towards the end, amys previous crimes first rape case aside are toned down.
Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the. The movie spoiler your guide to the latest plot twists. In terms of the films ending, flynn revealed that she experimented with a lot of iterations. If you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre eager. It has to be a huge waste of potential from talents who know better which all but guarantees a minimum 1 12star rating for adam sandler films. Gillian flynns story is disturbing and creative with a fresh perspective on the crime thriller. Gone is the girl hilary handy amy framed for stalking. In september, rosamund pike sat down with variety for a 2. Gone girl the end of gone girl spoiler alert showing 1. In the case of gillian flynns addictive maritaldysfunction mystery gone girl, which david fincher is currently translating for the screen, the news that flynn has come up with an entirely. David fincher handled the challenge of adapting a beloved novel with aplomb in gone girl, managing to fit gillian flynns intricate mystery within the very different confines of a movie. Few films are quite so hard to discuss let alone critically assess without recourse to talking about their twists as gone girl.