Gone
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: February 24, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonFeb 24, 2012
The film's pieces don't always fit together, but even in isolation, some of those pieces are well worth watching. Read full review
65
MovielineStephanie ZacharekFeb 24, 2012
Seyfried has spent too much time lately in vehicles that aren't worthy of her, "Red Riding Hood" being the most egregious example. Gone at least takes her seriously – except when, to delicious effect, it doesn't. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisFeb 24, 2012
Which stinks worse? The absurdly large pile of red herrings Gone amasses? Or the film's sub-Scooby Doo conclusion? Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 27, 2012
Hand it to Amanda Seyfried - she seems to have a knack for underplaying unstable characters in a way that lets their nuttiness creep right up on you. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineDavid EhrlichFeb 24, 2012
Gone starts off as a character study about a woman struggling to regain control of her world in the wake of a horribly intrusive event, but that sort of thing doesn't make for a fun night at the movies, so it quickly concedes to a Hitchcockian "wrong woman" riff, in which sexually motivated abduction serves as the worst MacGuffin in movie history. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyFeb 24, 2012
A low-pulse thriller that evaporates from memory with the last credit. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundFeb 25, 2012
Nearly a year has passed since the release of Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood, and Amanda Seyfried is still crying wolf. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 24, 2012
There's no thrill in Gone because you can see every surprise coming. It lies there flapping like a dying fish. Skip it. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeb 29, 2012
Seyfried acquits herself admirably in the panicky, hysterical mode, if that's what you're looking for, but by the time the final, goofy revelations roll around, you're slapping yourself for not having just taken a nap instead. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGlenn WhippFeb 27, 2012
Gone is also your hard-earned money if you buy a ticket to this slack piece of work, a movie that makes "Murder on the Orient Express" feel like "The Silence of the Lambs" by comparison. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 27, 2012
Believe it or not, the delicate-featured, whisper-thin actress manages to (mostly) pull it off, but the abysmal movie around her lets her down. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 24, 2012
Seriously depleting the skanky-villain bin at central casting, the moronic thriller Gone stars Amanda Seyfried as Jill. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 24, 2012
A thriller so fixated on red herrings that viewers may stop caring if anyone's really in danger, Gone is diverting but unlikely to linger long in theaters. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedFeb 29, 2012
Gifted and sincere as she always is, there's not much Ms. Seyfried can do with this tripe. Read full review
20
Time OutMatt SingerFeb 24, 2012
The one cop (Bentley) who buys Jill's story looks like the most likely suspect (or at least the most likely red herring) - and then he vanishes for the entire third act to, supposedly, make his mother some soup. Wait, what? Read full review
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