R21 / English / Thriller / Drama / 149 mins
"Gone Girl" starts as the story of Nick and Amy Dunne's difficult marriage, which is floundering for several reasons. Nick, a former journalist, loses his job due to downsizing. In a somewhat desperate state of mind, he relocates himself and his wife from New York City to the small Midwestern town of North Carthage, Missouri, where Nick is from. On the day of Nick and Amy's fifth wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing. Nick eventually becomes a prime suspect in her disappearance for various reasons as mysterious clues start to emerge in the wake of Amy's disappearance.