Amy Ryan is nominated for Best Supporting Actress.Casey Affleck is having a damn good year. Oscar nominated for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, he also starred in one of my top ten films of the year: Gone Baby Gone. A gripping crime drama based on a Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) novel, Gone explores the seedy lower-class neighborhoods of Boston, and the desperate people who exist there. Boston is treated as a character here, great effort is put into showing the people of the city who struggle to make a life out of meager means. It's also a heavy handed exposition on child molestation and kidnapping, preachy at times but hey, who's gonna take the other side on that issue? I now believe writer/director Ben Affleck should stop acting all together and become a filmmaker. This is an impressive directorial debut that conveys a unique style, and he already owns a screenplay Oscar. Little bro Casey is good leading an all-star cast including Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, and Michelle Monaghan, not to mention Oscar nominated Amy Ryan as a drug addict mom who's daughter is kidnapped. She's very convincing and has already picked up 12 awards and may be the front runner on Oscar Night. Gone deserved more recognition from the Academy, and is a must see film in the crime drama genre.
The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: AThis is the first Oscar nomination for Amy Ryan.
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