A film adaptation was released on october 3, 2014, directed by david fincher, but written by flynn. David finchers movie of gillian flynns bestseller is released this weekend. Brutal, unflinching, and grotesquely unsettling, the ending leaves you with a sense of uneasiness that may last days. Gone girl directed by david fincher and based upon the global bestseller by gillian flynn unearths the secrets at. Read on for flynns explanation as to why gone girls ending is the only one that would have worked. They are even set to have an interview with ellen abbott in their home. Accurate or not, gone girls revised stereotypes, like their muchdecried predecessors, will doubtless leave their mark, since the film looks like being even more successful than the book. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book. Pretty much everyone myself included took this to mean gone girl. Thats a fair nonspoilerish description of gone girl, based on the 2012 book of the same name written by gillian flynn. At the beginning of the story, gone girl looks like a tale weve all seen multiple times in books, movies, television, and even in the news.
And yes, despite rumors to the contrary, the film does having the same ending as the novel. A recent profile of star ben affleck briefly delves into the nature of director david finchers gone girl movie ending, potentially clarifying rumors. The movie heightens the sense that amys crying of sexual. On their fifth wedding anniversary, writing teacher nick dunne returns home to find his wife amy missing. We can talk all we want to about annabelles box office success, but its clear what movie was more pervasively on the mind of audiences all over the states its opening weekend.
Though rumors throughout production implied that flynn, who also wrote the movies script, was going to change the ending, the. Gone girl is probably the worst date movie of the year again, a good. The original movie was based on the acclaimed novel but is gone girl 2 possible. Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories.
Gone girl movie ending may not be so different from the. After part one, though, the story takes a shocking turn when we learn amy is the real criminalshes still alive and framing nick for her murder as payback for his affair with andie. 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. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. If you are not prepared to have literally everything spoiled for you, do not read this post. The dangers of alternate last acts gillian flynn is overhauling her. The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel closely. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there. There are many spoilers in gone girl book to movie comparison. It is a story about love, murder, revenge, the medias treatment of the accused and the accuser. Ok for those who hate the ending of gone girl, how would you end it. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed.
Amys crimes do not go unpunished, and where the accused husband nick does not choose to stay blissfully married to his calculating, murderous, psychohosebeast wife as opposed to, say, murdering her, or committing. Maybe thats what fincher meant when he said the ending was changed. Nick and amy make their first public appearance together at the volunteer center, posing as a happily reunited couple. 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. 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 to see what. Gone girl is gritty, violent, and at times cringeworthy. Let me try to sum it up, lest words fail to recreate the absolute shock of it. Gone, too, the early break in nick and amys relationship, which lead to amys festering feelings about men. To me to send amy to jail is too pedestrian that would take away the quirkiness of the story. The movie would have a new ending, one where spoilers. This is the films real ace and where finchers aims really lie. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour.
Gone girl the movie starred a well played ben affleck as nick, and rosamund pike made for a perfect amy. The differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the. Want to talk about changes the film made to the book especially. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed to in the book, when its a more private matter. I went to the movie with two friends, one who had read the.
Even if the movie had ended at half point, that would have been a complete story with a twist. 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 novel. The cat was the star of the movie, besides rosamund pike. Gone girl movie will have a different ending from the book.
Gone girl movie ending may cut closer to the book than initially thought. David finchers gone girl 2014 is a stylized thriller with chilling surprises. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these specific ways. Gone girl the end of gone girl spoiler alert showing 1. Having recently watched sharp objects, an hbo limited series based on flynns novel of the same name, i admit that it was a nightmare revisiting amy elliott dunne in gone girl. 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. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012. I was enthralled by gillian flynns 2012 novel gone girl, but, like so many readers of the marital mystery, i was lessthanpleased with the.
The first half of the book was great, she built up the suspense masterfully. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. Gone girl movie plot ending, explained the cinemaholic. 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. Gone girl revamps gender stereotypes for the worse. Desis mothers signature scent makes me wrinkle my nose in disgust still. What actually happens at the climax of gone girl, and how. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian. The very, very spoiled edition if youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of spoilers, weve got a few thoughts that require giving up some of. But thankfully it wasnt, that would have been just another execution of a standard endingwithatwist. The novels suspense comes from the main character, nick dunne, and whether he is involved in the disappearance of his wife. Ben affleck in gone girl 20th century fox ending gone girl differently. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. The movie is a commentary on the roles we all play to function in society, that image that we create for ourselves that determines how we will be treated by the community.
The novel soon made the new york times best seller list. Then earlier this year, in an interview with ew about the movie. But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. As in many of david fincher s movies including the iconic seven and the underappreciated panic room, as well as. I love the end of notes on a scandal, also a book i love. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. Unequivocally, the ending remains the epitome of the film. 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. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girls titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone.
Gone girl official trailer hd 20th century fox youtube. Honestly, the movie played out extremely well and had a nice running compatibility with the book. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a. 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. There will be spoilers for both the book and the movie. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in. While gone girl was a better example of how to condense a book into a film, you might still have found yourself wondering exactly what gillian. Its a tight, not to say taut, thriller, obsessively stylish, carefully measured and handsomely cast. The movie was released in 2014 and was directed by david fincher. Gone girl study guide contains a biography of gillian flynn, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012.
Set in missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events surrounding nick dunne. Gone is the girl hilary handy amy framed for stalking. In the end, nick deletes his memoir and chooses to stay with amy for his childs sake. Nick and amy hate and love each other like most couples, but more important. Were you surprised that people reacted so strongly. The reason offered by the book and movie expects us to buy it because. Ben affleck, in interviews, described it as a complete rewrite of the storys third act.
Fans of the novel gone girl might be in for a big surprise when the movie version is released later this year. I found myself not even caring what happened to the characters after a while, i kept reading expecting it to get better, to match the first half. Though rosamund pike goes full kathy bates towards the end, amys previous crimes first rape case aside are toned down. David finchers gone girl movie ending sounds like itll stick pretty closely to the source material gillian flynns book after all. It is true when they say that gone girl is possibly among the worst movies you could pick for watching on a.