Becomes like a soggy sandwich at Subway: It falls apart, but the ingredients still taste good.
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04/19/07
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
A thoroughly thought-provoking thriller with fascinating characters and riveting performances by Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins.
04/19/07
An efficient enough legal potboiler...But Hoblit set the bar high with Primal Fear, and this attempted follow-up, though mildly engaging, doesn't quite clear it.
04/19/07
Elegant, old-fashioned and challenging, Gregory Hoblit's legal thriller "Fracture" has its flaws in terms of pacing and involvement, but makes up for it thanks to a strong performance by Anthony Hopkins and a sharp script by Daniel Pyne and Glenn Gers.
04/19/07
With lots of twists and turns in the plot, and smart and witty dialogue, this movie is such fun.
04/19/07
There are times when you can tell Gosling is as entertained by Hopkins' antics as we are...
04/19/07
Hopkins is solid in a role that occasionally veers toward Hannibal Lecter terrain, but it's Gosling who gooses the proceedings.
04/18/07
Kind of like 'Double Jeopardy' for dudes.
04/18/07
The wonderfully moody film ... is filled with obviously telegraphed twists that never actually occur, creating genuine surprise in the audience.
04/18/07
Fracture is suspenseful and darkly stylish, but it also has an unexpectedly dry sense of humor. It's actually a lot funnier and a lot less stiff and self-serious than such a thriller might look.
04/18/07
It may be obvious that Fracture is working on us, playing us, but that's its pleasure. It makes overwrought manipulation seem more than a basic instinct.
04/18/07
An exceptionally suspenseful nail-biter.
04/18/07
...as satisfying as a weeks-long case being dismissed on a technicality. It makes all that time feel like a monumental waste.
04/18/07
Tight and lean, "Fracture" plays out with the vigor of a John Grisham novel and the suspense of a slasher flick. There's hardly a crack in this case.
04/18/07
Clever and keeps you thinking – during and after.
04/18/07
One might reasonably think that watching two completely despicable characters would be repellent rather than entertaining, yet the tantalizing promise of a comeuppance or two completely avoids that trap
04/18/07
The scenes between Hopkins and Gosling stand out in what is generally a bland, by-the-books crime drama that drags when Hopkins isn't on screen.
04/18/07
Up to a point, the movie has a certain intricacy and novelty. The trouble comes as it gropes for an ending.
04/17/07
Top Critic[Gosling's] the kind of actor who makes other actors look lazy. He is Brando at the time of Streetcar, or Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, and altogether one of the more remarkable happenings at the movies today.
04/17/07
What makes Fracture hum is the way Hopkins bares his teeth, twitches his nostrils, and trains his shiny pinprick Lecter eyes on his co-star.
04/16/07
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