Gone is a
sometimes tense but often boring psychological thriller from Brazilian Director
Heitor Dhalia, working in the
English language for the first time. Amanda Seyfried stars as Jill, a young
woman living with her recovering alcoholic sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) after
an alleged attack on her the previous year. The police dismissed her abduction
and attack claims after finding no evidence and Jill was eventually admitted to
a mental institute. Back in the present, Jill returns home one morning, after a
nightshift as a waitress to find that her sister has disappeared. With little
help from the police Jill takes it upon herself to track down Molly and her assailant,
attracting the attention of the law towards herself in the process.
The film has
frequent flashbacks to Jill’s alleged attack which come to her as she edges
closer to tracking down Molly. The plot also opens lots of avenues for possible
answers but leaves the audience feeling disappointed once the answers start
arriving.
