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Users | 0.0 | |
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David and Claire’s idyllic relationship comes to an abrupt and mysterious end after Claire disappears without a trace. Devastated but incapable of letting go, David follows Claire's trail down a frantic and increasingly dangerous path. Shocked at discovering Claire was living a double life, David is forced to risk everything if he ever wants to see her again.
Starring: Aaron Paul, Annabelle Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Terry Chen, Zachary KnightonThriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Gone Girl exploited the literary technique known as the unreliable narrator, a gambit which may not have paid off quite as surprisingly in the film version as it did in the original source novel. While there’s not exactly the same thing going on in Come and Find Me, the disappearance of a young woman is tied to a certain amount of subterfuge, something that is more or less obvious from the early going. David (Aaron Paul) and Claire (Annabelle Wallis) are a couple in Los Angeles who don’t mind playing occasional games to spice up their sex lives (as evidenced by the misleading opening scene), but who seem to be blissfully happy. That happiness disappears along with Claire when David awakens one morning to find his girlfriend has seemingly vanished without a trace. Unlike the plot conceit of Gone Girl, David isn’t suspected of any malfeasance, but the police are spectacularly uninterested in trying to find Claire, leading David to undertake an investigation himself. Unsurprisingly, he slowly but surely comes to realize that Claire is not exactly whom she’s said she is, though he isn’t certain what that might mean. Come and Find Me has some suitably paranoiac moments as it traces David’s increasingly dangerous adventures in trying to track down his love, but the film ultimately succumbs to too much silliness, as well as a denouement that pushes credulity to the breaking point (and maybe significantly beyond).
Come and Find Me is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.39:1. The IMDb lists this as having been shot with Arri Alexa cameras, and this is certainly a competent if never visually overwhelming presentation. Commendably, there's little if any overt color grading going on, and the film plays out in relatively naturalistic lighting environments, with some obvious exceptions like a darkroom which is swathed in red tones. Whedon and DP Sean Stiegemeier often favor framings where out of focus objects are in the foreground, with the focal (in both senses of the word) subject further back, something that occasionally can offer the perception of softness. In less "arty" framings, detail levels are uniformly high, with elements like the wounds David accrues looking commendably realistic. While housed on a BD-25, the film is not overly lengthy and there aren't a boatload of supplements, leaving bitrates at decent levels and with compression looking fine.
Come and Find Me features a nice sounding DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, one that derives good intensity from things like the low rumble of machinery in the garage David visits at one point, or in more subtle effects like echoing footsteps in an empty apartment room. Nate Walcott's evocative score also spreads through the surrounds quite winningly. Dialogue is presented without any problems and with good prioritization.
I'm an inveterate "predictor" when it comes to films like this, and I have to say I had the ins and outs of this story figured out fairly early in the going, but the good news is despite having a good idea of where things were headed, I was still engaged by Paul's increasingly desperate performance as David, as well as the increasingly paranoiac aspects to the tale once at least hints about Claire's past started getting dropped. The film is generally well paced, and as noted above Whedon delivers some excellent dialogue. The major problem here is things are both overly convoluted and also ultimately too simplistic to ever work up much energy. A needlessly silly last few minutes don't help matters, coming off as a kind of unwitting homage to another Whedon's offerings of gorgeous blondes who kick serious butt. Technical merits are strong, and for fans of the cast (especially Aaron Paul) and those willing to cut a first time director a little slack, Come and Find Me comes Recommended.
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