What it lacks in nonsensical bear costumes, "Gone Girl" makes up for in great performances from Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Carrie Coon, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tyler Perry. Tune in as Carolyn Paine joins us to talk about her possibly over-emotional response to "Gone Girl" and why she never considered Amy Elliot Dunne a feminist icon. (Score one for Carolyn not being a possibly dangerous psychopath!) Learn why putting a human face on Nick Dunne's suffering (even if it's Affleck's) helped Rebecca have some empathy for this mediocre, cheating husband. 

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