After reading multiple reviews that rated “Gone Girl” an 8/10 or 9/10, I was throughly disappointed not even twenty minutes into the movie. I really wanted to love the movie. I couldn’t. I was hoping for a more intense thriller, but it was more of a cheesy, messed up, “love” story that went on for far too long.

David Fincher’s rendition of “Gone Girl,” originally a book written by Gillian Flynn, is about a couple, Nick and Amy Dunne (Ben Afflek and Rosamund Pike), who appear to have a perfect relationship. Eventually, viewers discover neither are satisfied with their relationship, but will not say anything about it to each other. Both are writers from New York City who move to Missouri to be with Nick’s mom, who is dying from cancer. Once his mom passes away, they decide to stay in their home there, which upsets Amy because she feels she does not belong there. This causes even more tension in their not so perfect marriage.

For each anniversary Nick and Amy celebrate with Amy setting up a scavenger hunt for Nick. This year, Amy sets up the scavenger hunt, but she goes missing the morning of their anniversary. The investigation for the missing Amy shines a dark light on Nick and Amy’s marriage and shows that he is not that great of a husband, but she is also not that great of a wife.

At the beginning, viewers believe Nick is innocent, but slowly begin to question him. Detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens) throughly investigates the case of missing Amy and is originally supporting Nick, but then begins to suspect him as the person responsible. At first Nick does not want a lawyer, but eventually ends up hiring one of the best lawyers in the country, Tanner Bolt (Tyler Perry). Amy has a history of bad experiences with men and lawsuits because of them, one of which from high school is Desi Collings (Neil Patrick Harris) who plays a very mysterious character throughout the film. With the help of Tanner Bolt and Nick’s sister, Margo (Carrie Coon), Nick fights to prove that he is innocent and not responsible for Amy going missing or her possible murder. The film takes a series of plot twists leaving the viewers questioning multiple characters.

There are a lot of uneccessary scenes of the film that could have been cut from its two and a half hour run time. Along with the film being too long, I did not enjoy the film’s musical score. There is a lot of music that does not quite fit some scenes of the movie. Other than disliking most of the film, there were great performances by the supporting cast of Perry, Harris, Coon and Dickens.

Although I did not enjoy the ending of the film, I definitely did not see it coming. “Gone Girl” takes its viewers on a bumpy roller coaster ride of different emotions and leaves a lasting impression that you cannot fully trust anyone.