History Film / GoneGirl

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: [[Unlike in the book, Amy never follows through on her plan to get rid of her car. In the book, after she meets Desi again, they dump the car and Purell every inch of it. This does not happen in the movie; as far as the audience is shown, she just leaves it in the casino parking lot. Since this would create a gaping hole in her story, it leaves a potential avenue for the truth to be uncovered, but this fact never gets addressed and the movie acts as though she unambiguously got away with everything.]]

* BlackComedy: There are moments of it. For example, [[spoiler: Amy [[HairFlip flipping her hair]] to keep blood out after she kills Desi.]]

** [[spoiler:It's pretty convenient for Amy that Desi lives in St. Louis and has an isolated lake house where she can stay for awhile after her plan is turned upside down by having all her money robbed.]]

* FinancialAbuse:
** This was one of the main reasons why Nick had a rut with Amy in the first place, as she willingly surrendered two million dollars from her trust fund and gave it back to her parents without his consent even though they were going through financial hardship, as Amy argued, it was their money in the first place. Though they were dropped from their publisher, Amy's parents are able to still live leisurely with the two million. As it's shown, Nick never did forgive her for that.
** [[spoiler:Amy, reacting to this, later exacerbated their financial hardship intentionally by framing Nick with reckless spending.]]

** Desi gets this more than anyone. In the film, he's well-intentioned and rescues Amy out of pure heroism, with a bit of a desire to run away with her based on their former infatuation, but it never seems unreasonable. In the book, he becomes so obsessive he unnerves Amy, becomes highly controlling over matters like her weight and appearance, tries to recreate their teenage romance and refuses to let Amy be alone. Almost makes you feel differently when she [[spoiler:kills him]]... almost.

** While not exactly heroism, Andie seems to get a better deal in the movie than the book, likely due to her being borderline DemotedToExtra. In the book, every scene Andie appears in she appears progressively more ditzy and clingy, failing to grasp the seriousness of Nick's situation. However, her demotion also means the audience doesn't get the succinct and cutting [[spoiler: ReasonYouSuckSpeech she delivers to Nick when he breaks it off with her in the novel.]]

* HollywoodGeography: The movie takes place in Carthage Missouri, but was filmed in Cape Girardeau which is on the other side of the state. What's egregious is that the movie constantly talks about the events taking place on the Mississippi River, being two hours from St. Louis, and prominently showing the distinctive Bill Emerson Bridge. Carthage does not sit on a major river, is about 4 hours from St. Louis, and about 200 miles from the Mississippi River.

** Amy and her parents. The family, stereotypical [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASPs]], continuously sneer at "shit-smelling" Missourians; Amy in particular is called a ''bitch'' by no less than three characters [[spoiler:even before she turns their whole shit upside down]]; her parents even modeled the character of ''Amazing Amy'' in everything the real Amy fell short in achieving. Understandably, Amy wasn't just simply not thrilled by this, [[spoiler:it made her insane.]]

* OverdrawnAtTheBloodbank: [[spoiler:There is ''plenty'' of blood in the scene where Amy slashes Desi's throat open.]] It's okay because the throat is a major artery. Blood doesn't so much gush as spray out when that one is cut.

** When Nick makes the obvious point that if she was being held prisoner then how did she get a box cutter? Officer Gilpin just asks; "why can't you just be happy that your wife is back."