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Starring:
Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton, Xander Berkeley, Judith Scott, Gary Cervantes, Lyle Kanouse, Joe Spano, Rainy Kerwin, Eugene Collier, Tom Virtue, Gunter Simon, Frank Torres, Yorgo Constantine, Alla Korot, Gonzalo Menendez, Larry Sullivan, Jeff Enden, Zoe Kazan, Monica Garcia, John Littlefield, Peter Breitmayer, David Purdham, Josh Stamberg, Cooper Thornton, Mirron E. Willis, Garz Chan, Garz Chan, Wendy Cutler, Valerie Dillman, Vivica Genaux, Sandra Prosper, Lou Reyes, R.J. Chambers, Payton Koch, Cooper Koch, Sophie Hoblit, Caroline Weinstock, Alexander Weinstock, Michael Khmurov, Julia Emelin, Kaily Smith, Petrea Burchard
Directed By:
Gregory Hoblit
Written By:
Daniel Pyne, Glenn Gers
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Fracture (2007)
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Movie Review by Simon
March 1st, 2008
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Perfect "Fracture"
Favorite Movie Quote: ""drive a stake into" the bad guy's heart"
I stumbled across a minor film masterpiece called "Fracture" on a premium channel. It is a thriller about a murder committed right before your very eyes and the guy gets away with it. "How-did-he-do-it?" Well, the murderer is Anthony Hopkins in playful Lechter mode, the smartest guy in the room. Pitted against him is Ryan Gosling as a DA with a 97% conviction rate who can't convict. Gosling is distracted by an upcoming move into big bucks corporate law and doesn't do his homework. As an actor Gosling uses a southern accent and sideburns (are they the Texas equivalent of having large feet/hands/...) to flesh out a man on the make. Hopkins and Gosling are cat and mouse in the best "Sleuth" style. Mano a Murderer Mano.
The camera moves, lighting, editing, and staging are so elegant and therefore surprising from a director, Gregory Hoblit , who earned his spurs on TV's "Hill Street Blues" with its shaky "Let's be careful out there" style. I felt like I was treated as a 5 star guest in a posh movie cathedral. I watched it a 2nd time just to see if there were any plot holes and there weren't; it is very tight. I read another review that said it got altruistic at the end but I disagree. This is a contest between 2 heavyweights and the winner takes all.
Love it.
Simply, Simon
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 | Tim
Mar 1, 2008 2:11 AM
also wrote a review of Fracture 
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| I agree...I found this film much more entertaining then the critics let on. My wife also loved it and I think Anthony Hopkins played his character all too well. |
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