A solid, old-fashioned game of mental cat and mouse between two fine actors.
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05/02/07
Fracture (2007)
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Reviews Counted:163
Fresh:115
Rotten:48
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Though Fracture's plot is somewhat implausible, the onscreen face-off between Gosling and Hopkins overshadows any faults.
Theatrical Release:20-04-2007
Synopsis: In director Gregory Hoblit's 2007 thriller, FRACTURE, one thing is clear--highly successful engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) has shot his wife (Embeth Davidtz). What is not clear, though, is... [More]
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, David Strathairn, Ryan Gosling, Billy Burke
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Reviews for Fracture
With the exception of its ending, which offers a passable twist, very little about this courtroom suspense thriller is remarkable or reproachable.
05/01/07
There's nothing like merit winning the case and this little gem of entertainment with a mental edge is a good brief on the possibilities.
04/30/07
Fracture is the kind of polished cat-and-mouse movie thriller that depends entirely on the cat and the mouse having read and agreed to the script in advance.
04/30/07
The paper-thin story...would barely have passed as a half-hour episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
04/27/07
A showcase of acting's present and future: one of the greatest living actors cast as the wily, wise vet, and one of Hollywood's most promising young talents as the rising star.
04/27/07
Director Gregory Hoblit's sterile blue visuals are par for the lack of dramatic impact.
04/25/07
There's nothing all that much wrong except that it feels like a TV drama that found its way to the big screen by virtue of stars Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling.
04/25/07
Fracture is good, it’s steady, but it is flat. It fails to deliver any high points of drama or confrontation, even at the payoff.
04/24/07
I'm glad I saw it, and there were some very admirable elements to the film. Yet I have to acknowledge that it could have capitalized on the good stuff a little more than it did.
04/24/07
very ordinary screenplay that can only be recommended due to the outstanding performances of its combatants
04/24/07
Sometimes when you figure out a twist ending in advance, you feel smart. But sometimes instead of feeling good about yourself, you feel scornful of the onscreen victim of the story's trap door: How'd he fall for something so obvious?
04/24/07
You’ve got to expect comparisons to Silence of the Lambs. The verdict: for me at least Fracture isn’t even a fraction as good.
04/23/07
A sleek, surprising and surefire thriller that will grab you by the throat.
04/23/07
The main interest here is the juxtaposing of Gosling's Method acting with Hopkins's more classical style, a spectacle even more mesmerizing than the settings.
04/23/07
A fractured feature which establishes itself as a taut psychological thriller only to undercut an intriguing premise with comical 11th hour courtroom antics comparable to the vaudeville act of Pigmeat Markham. 'Here come de judge!'
04/23/07
For all his preparation and planning, he ends up neglecting one legal angle that anyone who's watched a half dozen episodes of Law and Order would've picked up on.
04/23/07
There is an element of Alfred Hitchcock at work here and that alone made me thoroughly enjoy Fracture.
04/23/07
Most of the pleasure of the film comes from watching Anthony Hopkins playing elaborate mind games and seeing Ryan Gosling unload all kinds of nervous tics as his character comes close to bowing to the pressure.
04/22/07
The slick ambience behind Fracture could be penetrating yet misleading. Hopkins's "Lecter-lite" persona adds some pathos to this old-fashioned yet stylistic whodunit.
04/22/07
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