and a modern novel: The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel
Thoughts on those when I finish.
Ben Affleck's movie, "The Town," has received critical raves. His directorial debut, "Gone Baby Gone," is little known but well reviewed and worth a look. The setting for the scene is Boston, a locale Affleck seems to know well and it stars his younger brother, Casey, as officer Patrick Kenzie who reluctantly takes on investigating the disappearance of a 4 year old girl, Amanda, from her apartment. Michelle Monaghan plays Patrick's partner, Angie. If there are any weak spots in this film, it lies with the underdeveloped, not sure what the point of this character is, presence of his partner. Amanda's mother, Helene, played by Amy Ryan, is an alcoholic and drug addict, whose priorities do not lie with her child but cries on cue when in the midst of cameras. The wonderful, Morgan Freeman, plays Captain Jack Doyle, the man that is overseeing the investigation who takes a particular interest in finding the child after experiencing the loss of his own. I had often chosen movies to see based solely on the Morgan Freeman test. If he's in it, it's probably a pretty good movie. Though he has chosen a few clunkers, "Glory", "Million Dollar Baby" and the eerie "Seven" were superb and he is top rate in this film too. The winding path to the truth takes us to the underbelly and ugliness underlying the landscape, characters that will sicken you, and contains a few twists, wrong turns and red herrings but when the truth is revealed, it will be discussed and debated as the concepts of right and wrong are muddled and fall in the shades of gray. Before attending the movie "The Town," see "Gone Baby Gone."
The story is based on a novel by "Mystic River" writer, David Lahane. "Gone Baby Gone" and other David Lahane works available below or in my stores:
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