Deborah Ross

David Fincher plays Gone Girl for laughs – at least I hope he is

That said, Ben Affleck's performance is more subtle than his all-American jaw might suggest

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Gone Girl is David Fincher’s adaptation of the bestselling thriller by Gillian Flynn, a relentless page-turner which I’ve heard people say they read ‘even though it’s not that good’ — you were hooked; get over it; don’t be snotty — and which I read, even though it’s not that good.

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