From NetFlix:

When a 4-year-old girl goes missing in Dorchester, one of Boston’s toughest hoods, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) reluctantly agree to take the case. But the investigation proves tougher, riskier and more complex than they could have imagined. Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, adapted from the Dennis Lehane novel, also stars Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Amy Ryan (in her first Oscar-nominated role).

Gone Baby Gone is a “page-turner”. I found it a bit confusing to follow the details. But the real point of the movie is the final choice that Patrick Kenzie has to make. I would really like to hear what choice you would have made.

The real violence is not the shootings but the violence done to the little girl by her mother-from-hell (neglect, not beating) played to perfection by Amy Ryan.