Dark Places (2015)

Libby Day, a survivor of her family's massacre, begins to investigate what really happened that day.

Advertised as a follow up for Gone Girl, and based on the novel with the same name from a trilogy (which also contains Sharp Objects), it  actually has nothing to do with it. The only connection could be made when the main character is told that "other crimes do take place".

With an interesting plot and a good choice in Charlize Theron, the film follows the book closely, inheriting both the imperfections and its unusual ideas. Perhaps a bit rushed as a movie, the mystery is more "mysterious" as a novel, but probably much easier to enjoy visually without having had the experience of the book.

Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Based on a novel by: Gillian Flynn

With: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll, Tye Sheridan, Chloë Grace Moretz