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Fracture (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  119 reviews
Sales Rank: 6278
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: TRNDN10703D
UPC: 794043107030
EAN: 0794043107030
ASIN: B000R4SMCW
Theatrical Release Date: April 20, 2007
Release Date: August 14, 2007
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Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 08/19/2008 Rating: R
Amazon.com
Anthony Hopkins plays a brilliant, pathologically serene killer outwitting the good guys at every turn and taking a shine to a twentysomething law enforcer who can't conceal a rural accent and rugged origins. Could it be...? No, not The Silence of the Lambs, but an original mystery, Fracture, which plays a little like Lambs as an episode of Columbo, minus Columbo. Which means the film tells us from the get-go that Hopkins' character, a wealthy engineer, shoots his philandering wife (Embeth Davidtz) and leaves her in a vegetative state. From there, it should be a simple matter for young, assistant District Attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) to nail Crawford, who provides a full confession and even eschews counsel. That's good for Beachum, a slick winner with a vague background of deprivation, rapidly on his way out of public service after attracting the attention of a deep-pocket, private firm. What he doesn't know, however, is that Crawford has masterminded more than vengeance against his wife, and that the state's case against him is full of pre-arranged holes and a huge time-bomb that will send Beachum scrambling to keep the pieces together. The story, conceived and co-scripted by Daniel Pyne (Doc Hollywood), goes down easily with a minimum of blood and violence, and should easily appeal to mystery buffs as well as old fans of Hopkins and new admirers of Oscar nominee Gosling (Half Nelson). The latter holds his own in multiple, two-character scenes with the masterful portrayer of Hannibal Lecter, pacing Beachum's reactions to Crawford's polite provocations so everything spills onto his youthful face: torn loyalties, confusion, gullibility. Director Gregory Hoblit (Hart's War), still best-known for decades of distinguished television work (NYPD Blue), brings the necessary intimacy to make the stars' chemistry work effectively. His noirish atmosphere is a little over the top, sometimes pushing the audience to a level of expectation that the film isn't really ready to deliver, but this, overall, is an enjoyable work. --Tom Keogh
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 I liked it January 4, 2009
R.A. (Destin, FL United States)
I'm writing this after just watching this movie twice. It is difficult to figure out parts of it the first time around. I like for things to be subtle, but I think the director needed a little bit heavier hand in some spots. (I don't want to spoil it, so I won't go into this).
I rarely, rarely see a film I would recommend and I liked this one. It's intelligent in its content and really, really well filmed and well directed. I was afrid it would be too gruesome and I was reluctant to watch it, but it's not.
"Your Flaw is That You Are a Winner." December 25, 2008
Phoebe Stogstill (Forsyth, Mo USA)
"Even a broken clock is right, twice a day." Such are the zingers that Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) tosses at Willy Beachum, very young deputy D.A. This movie is a brilliant psychological thriller. Ted is convinced that he has executed the perfect crime. He readily confesses to shooting his wife, who he has caught in an affair. He is convinced his confession will be thrown out on technicalities. He is so convinced that he even attempts to serve as his own counsel for the trial. The person that he has caught his wife with adds even more intrigue to the movie, and he makes sure the person is there when the body is discovered so that he can see the look of anguish on the guy's face. The wife is not dead, however, and on life support in a coma. The young prosecutor knows he is losing badly and spends hours at her bedside hoping to revive her so she can name the shooter. Ted loves the game of cat and mouse with the young attorney, and feels that Willy is so cocky, he will trap himself up. The finale of the movie is worth the wait. Ted is so diabolically clever at every turn, covering all of the bases, but there are two little details he has forgotten. One concerns the double jeaopardy clause, and the other is in underestimating Willy's abilities. The movie is wonderful, but even more enjoyable with some fava beans and a little Chianti.
 Well done psychological court room thriller-great performances September 30, 2008
:::DIGITAL BABE::: (East Coast)
Ryan Gosling's time to shine! He is very gifted in his subtle ability to convey emotion, and in this film he truly shines. Anthony Hopkins adds the seasoned exceptional performance of the offender, and throughout the movie, we are asked to solve a puzzle. It's a very stylish thriller, and worth a look!
Bad Police Investigation? September 15, 2008
Michael Ziegler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Crime scene investigation takes a black eye in this thriller. Although the movie is excellent and is a study of personality flaws in overly successful yuppies it is nonetheless a bit of a scam when it comes to evidence linking a criminal with a potential murder.
Physical evidence is good but is not absolutely the only requirement to convict in our system of justice. Indeed, I have witnessed murderers go to jail without any physical evidence presented. So we are somewhat mislead here in this picture. Also, although not generally known, all guns have identification numbers and in situations that are present here in the movie the officers would certainly know if their guns had been tampered in any way.
The relations of officers are also known, especially in their off duty amorous affairs by their co-workers and the chance that an investigator would show up at the scene and not reveal his relationship in a situation to a superior is highly unlikely.
Yet, this film is still tense and interesting despite all the police procedural flaws. Anthony Hopkins is at his Hannibal best and sinks his teeth into a young strapping successful professional prosecutor who believes he is God's gift to women and the best brain to ever come into the DA's office. We love to see Hopkins manipulate the smart aleck prosecutor, playing on his vanity and then skillfully destroy the young mans reputation before all of Los Angeles. Wonderful!
The movie is definitely worth a view and may require you to view it more than once to understand all that is going on. It is up there with the Illusionist, A Beautiful Mind and The Sixth Sense and Croupier in the plotting and it is certainly quite an entertaining movie.
How'd Done It? August 16, 2008
C. Chow (Leesburg VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
`Fracture is a murder mystery of the how'd he do it genre not the who did it genre.
Hopkins shot his wife, we see this in the second scene. He even surrenders his gun to the police and freely confesses. Better yet the millionaire fool wants to represent himself at thrial. The easiest conviction since Carl Ferguson... Or is Hopkins really a criminal genius in disguise manipulating the system and everything has been according to his plan?
A young DA Ryan Gosling (you may remember him from `Murder By Numbers' a much better how'd he do it film but poorly cast.) is moving on up to the East Side. To a deluxe law firm in the sky. All he has to do is wrap up what seems like the easiest case of his career.
But problems quickly develop as Hopkins works his magic. The shooting did not happen as assumed. A brilliant mystery for the audience since we witnessed it first hand. Worse the investigating detective was having an affair and infatuated with the victim. It was this affair which led to the shooting.
Ryan Gosling becomes obsessed with solving the crime he knows Hopkins committed. Hopkins likewise becomes obsessed with Gosling. Stalking him long after the trial. Fracture is well written with high production quality and a haunting musical score. The plot intrigues the audience with how'd he do it? Especially since we saw it. What could we have seen wrong.
The big let down is the climax where Hopkins predictably confesses. I won't spoil it but the solution is anti-climactic. It turns out Hopkins isn't a genius, the cops are just morons. The resolution is also based on the false legal premise of trying someone twice for the same crime. Two separate charges cannot be brought at separate times for the same incident.
I did not like Ryan Gosling whom comes across an arrogant young punk. He breaths with his mouth open and has a bad southern accent. Why does Hollywood always have Californians with southern accents? It does not make them Matlock.
Spoiler warning!!! The ending is frankly unbelievable for several reasons.
1. Cops love guns. Surely the detective would have noticed they both used a Glock 21 .45.
2. The detective's finger prints would surely have shown up on Hopkins unused .45.
3. Gunpowder leaves a VERY distinctive smell. The detective would have noticed this sent and wondered why his gun smelled like gunpowder if he didn't use it.
4. Legal guns are NEVER UNUSED. The manufacturer is required by law to fire at least 2 test shots before it leaves the factory. In some states the manufacturer or dealer MUST give the 2 spent bullets and shells over to law enforcement as a way of entering them into a ballistics' database.
5. Hopkins tests negative for gun powder residue because he burns his shirt in his fireplace. The cops surely would have realized the fireplace was used and assumed he used it to destroy evidence.
6. Hopkins cannot be tried twice for the same incident any more than OJ Simpson can be tried for trespassing no Nicole's property. The only scenario where this might work is if he were tried in federal court. This is rarely done and only in political hotbeds such as trying Timothy McVeigh in state and federal court. Likewise with the Rodney King beating.
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