Patrick Sun

Fracture - quick review

While I enjoyed the film, it's a little long (could have been tightened up here and there), and doesn't really delve into Anthony Hopkins' character all that much, perhaps purposefully so, in this cat-n-mouse crime drama. Ryan Gosling's character, Willy, gets caught flat-footed on his last case as a prosecutor before moving on to a cushy lawfirm position.

The film juggles many ingredients of the crime genre: antagonist who seems to have planned the perfect crime, and an overly confident, but distracted protagonist/prosecutor. The tension builds slow and steady as Willy is stiffled at every turn by the circumstances of the case that threatens to tag a loss on his resume, which could have other ramifications on the future of his law career.

It definitely worthy of a matinee viewing if you're fan of either of lead actors.

I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.

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Re: Fracture - quick review

I found this movie somewhat tolerable because I had just walked out of a terrible one (Disturbia ). Immediately, the look, tone, music and acting pedigree of Fracture were a relief from my previous screening. Hopkins is always fun to watch even when threading familiar grounds (Lecter of course) and Ryan Gosling holds his own. Strathairn is Strathairn in every movie, good thing he is always good at that... and Pike is hot. But the rather weak script fails the acting and technical talent evident in this movie. This is a Law and Order episode stretched to twice the run time but not half as clever. Unfortunately it thinks it is.



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