Gone Baby Gone (2007)

All Critics (170) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (168) | Rotten (10) | DVD (15)

Gone Baby Gone is an argument for obligation over accommodation, the absolute over the contingent.

September 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Christopher Orr

New Republic

Top Critic

Mr. Affleck is laying the foundation, brick by brick, for a promising new career.

October 24, 2007 Comment

Rex Reed

New York Observer

Top Critic

Ben directs Casey in Gone Baby Gone, and it's a career highlight for both of them.

October 22, 2007 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

The unconvincing genre conventions in Gone Baby Gone are at odds with its authentic, lived-in atmosphere, but no one can say that Affleck hasn't looked into the depths, and the movie ends on a resonantly ambiguous note.

October 22, 2007 Full Review | Comment

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

Casey's big brother has made a tough, taut mystery.

October 22, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Top Critic

Bravo to Ben Affleck for a smart choice and impressive work.

October 19, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

As an actor, Ben Affleck might be a supporting player trapped in a leading man's body, but as a filmmaker he's an auspicious talent.

July 14, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Simon Reynolds

Digital Spy

A truly stellar directorial debut by Ben Affleck.

April 5, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

Because it mostly succeeds, now that [Affleck's] got this and that good under-seen performance in Hollywoodland under his belt, he can hold his head high again.

April 4, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Dave White

Movies.com

A tense meditation on morality in the modern world, Gone Baby Gone is a superb crime thriller featuring a star performance from Casey Affleck. If crime drama is your thing, it really doesn't get much better than this.

March 22, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

The Affleck boys finally earn their stripes as cinematic artists

August 27, 2009 Full Review | Comment

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

One of the best movies of 2007.

August 3, 2009 Full Review | Comment

Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

3BlackChicks Review

Affleck proved that his Good Will Hunting moment wasn't an aberration, and he also showed that he didn't need Matt Damon in tow to make a great movie.

August 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

After seeing Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, I can honestly say that he has finally found his true calling in Hollywood.

July 22, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Adam Tobias

Watertown Daily Times

Great job, everyone! The ride overall is solid and gripping, and very enjoyable despite the glimpses at the horrors of which the human animal is capable.

July 17, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Karina Montgomery

Cinerina

Back, baby, back. An excellent police procedural and a personal triumph for Ben Affleck, steering his younger brother to a performance that deserved louder applause from gong juries.

June 6, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Jonathan Crocker

Total Film

A powerful, provocative and excellently acted thriller that could literally have been torn from today's headlines.

June 6, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Neil Smith

Film4

Flawed but impressive.

June 5, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Jessica Winter

Time Out

A superior, haunting thriller of abduction, deception and ethical dilemma with a sobering ending - a moral quandary that demands strong debate outside the cinema.

June 5, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)

Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

An unusually patient approach to storytelling sets Ben Affleck's directorial debut apart, as he allows events to unfurl gradually.

June 1, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

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