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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Gone Baby Gone
2007
****
Director: Ben Affleck
Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Amy Ryan, John Ashton, Amy Madigan, Edi Gathegi, Titus Welliver

Ben Affleck's strong directorial debut is adapted from Dennis Lehane's crime novel. It's a story of two missing persons detectives who are hired to track down a four-year-old girl who was abducted from her working glass home in Boston. The dialogue sizzles and the story is refreshingly gritty and captivating, even if the casting choices spoil some of the upcoming plot twists. The performances themselves are very strong, though; Affleck and Ryan are particular standouts.