Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone plunges into the gritty underbelly of Boston as amateur detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro take on the case of Amanda McCready, a four-year-old vanished into thin air. With the police at a loss, Amanda’s aunt hires them, trusting their local knowledge and outsider status. The film is a taut, unflinching exploration of a city’s dark side, where every clue and confrontation chips away at the detectives’ resolve and the thin veneer of decency. Dennis Lehane’s screenplay, faithful to his novel, crafts a story that is as much about the detectives’ moral dilemmas as it is about finding a missing child.