Gone Baby Gone marks Ben Affleck's directorial debut and another boring film. I think Affleck did a great job in his casting, all the actors are at the peak of their form especially the extras who feel genuine. The ending is also thought-provoking but it is too bad the film is so boring. The movie goes on far too long and twists its plot so far that it becomes silly. In the end it is more preposterous than ridiculous. I had the same problem with Mystic River, another Lehane adaptation. Though that one was better-written and directed, this one seems to be what is left over from Mystic River. Affleck did the best he could and there are no losers in the cast, just the writing and source material itself.