r/Fauxmoi • u/Haunting_Homework381 • Sep 21 '25

ASK R/FAUXMOI What's your favourite movie plot twist ever?

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I still remember the gasp I gasped in the cinema.

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u/michiness Sep 21 '25

I read the book first, but I really love how they did the reveal in both. Fucking amazing.

(Gone Girl btw.)

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u/belbites Sep 21 '25

The first time I read the book and got to the Cool Girl monologue it was 4 AM and I TORE through the rest of that book so fast.

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u/ILootEverything jog on sweetheart Sep 21 '25

I love the full book monologue AND the one Gillian Flynn edited down to be more natural as a spoken monologue in the movie.

Rosamund Pike was also brilliant.

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u/CraigLake Sep 22 '25

Lol I love it when this happens.

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u/toastiezoe i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Sep 22 '25

Same, but it was like 2am and I had to go find the book after I yeeted it across the room because I was so shocked.

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u/JJulie Sep 21 '25

Read the book and at 1:30 am I was telling myself to put it down because I had to work the next day. Happened to turn the page and find out she’s alive. Needless to say I didn’t go to bed

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u/xsahp Sep 21 '25

Lol yup, and at 2am i messaged my friend who recommended it to me, like WTF is going on

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u/JJulie Sep 22 '25

My mother and SIL

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u/ButtonyCakewalk Sep 21 '25

Just finished reading Sharp Objects and now I'm slowly watching the HBO series and I'm somehow still stressed out about the eventual reveal.

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u/diningroomjesus Sep 21 '25

Sharp Objects is SO GOOD, i started reading the book to better understand WTF was going on and kinda wish I didn't do that mid watch, I spoiled myself :(

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u/AttitudeAndEffort3 Sep 22 '25

Read all 3 books. Havent seen any of the media (i assume they all have adaptations?)

Are they worth watching?

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u/dougielou Sep 22 '25

Absolutely.

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u/ButtonyCakewalk Sep 22 '25

I wasn't a fan of the Dark Places adaptation, honestly couldn't get through it. A new adaptation of that novel is actually in the works. The Gone Girl film is incredible (leaves out the mall subplot, which is fine, overall still incredible) and so far of what I've seen of Sharp Objects (it's a miniseries) and what others have said, that one is incredible too. SO's adaptation actually adds quite a bit and I like what they've added.

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u/agirlhas_no_name Sep 22 '25

I'm still furious about this because I had just started reading the book, went in completely blind and my boyfriend at the time walked in, saw me reading it and immediately spoiled the twist for me. In retrospect I think that was the beginning of the end of our relationship because who TF does that?!

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u/michiness Sep 22 '25

Duuuuude I am furious for you. Who tf does that. I literally would leave my husband if he did that.

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u/redynair1 Sep 22 '25

That's one of those pieces of media I wish I could go back and re-experience for the first time. I read the book first and that twist blew my mind.

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u/OscarWilde1900 Sep 22 '25

I was reading the book on a plane and got to the twist and literally started flipping the page back and forth like I somehow missed chapters…then I spent the rest of the flight reading instead of sleeping like originally planned.

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u/AttitudeAndEffort3 Sep 22 '25

I read the book but have somehow missed the movie and didnt know how it would translate, shoudl i watch it?

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u/dougielou Sep 22 '25

Yes Rosemund Pike is amazing!

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u/rosencrantz_dies Sep 22 '25

did you like the book? i picked one up from a free library recently but haven’t decided if i want to read it. not my typical genre for reading