Gone Girl Analysis

Gone Girl is a psychological thriller directed by David Fincher, I think it's extremely clever how the movie builds tension and suspense throughout the whole movie. The audience is kept intrigued because they have no idea how the movie will end as there are so many possibilities . While watching Gone Girl, your view of the characters is constantly changing due to the change of narrative throughout. At first you feel sorry for Amy Dunne, as the story she tells through the flash backs is supposed to make the audience feel sympathetic towards her, as it shows her husband, Nick Dunne mistreating her and implies he wants to kill her (although she admits to fabricating her diary). Amy tries to put Nick in a negative light.
However, this all changes when it show's Amy's part of the story after she disappears, it narrates what she has done to Nick and how she desires for him to get blamed for her death. This might encourage the audience to be on Nick's side, as she is clearly presented as a psychopath. This is further proved when they include the other men from her past, and the experiences they've had with her. Although, Nick did cheat and take advantage of her, so we can sympathise with Amy when she says "he does not get to win", even though her actions are very unreasonable, we can understand how she gets there. Overall the use of narrative in this movie was very effective as it revealed everything to the audience, leaving no questions.
The ending of the movie is definitely not what the audience would be expecting, Nick does't go to prison, although you could argue that he's in a prison of his own. He is spending the rest of his life with the craziest woman he's ever met.