Fracture

Pros: Gosling and Hopkins give good performances
Cons: Obvious twists

Fracture stars Anthony Hopkins as a man who murders his cheating wife, and Ryan Gosling plays the prosecutor who has a lot of trouble trying to get a conviction. It is from Gregory Hoblit, the director of Primal Fear and Frequency. ...

Pros: intriguing, with high production values and decent performances
Cons: too chatty, too easy to predict, misleading trailer, boring beginning and ending

I broke a toe surfing and thought "Fracture" would be the obvious choice for a couple hours sitting still. The name derives from the perspective of a man being tried for murdering his wife. We know he did it, because we've seen him pull the trigger and ...

Pros: Generally entertaining movie with interesting characters
Cons: A few pacing and editing issues, nice but generally unmemorable

I enjoy thrillers and courtroom dramas and thus had high hopes for new release Fracture. Directed by Gregory Hoblit of Primal Fear fame, this film follows young prosecutor Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), who is trying to wrap up his last case for ...

Pros: great cat and mouse games, very unpredictable, great cast at their best, sharp writing
Cons: the ending seems a bit unrealistic to me

Willy Beachum has it all. A 97% conviction rate as a Los Angeles County prosecutor. A cushy new job at a posh private firm. A new boss who's sex on wheels and not afraid to get it on with her soon to be subordinate. All he has to do is win one last case. ...

Pros: The plot, good performance by Hopkins.
Cons: Gosling, legally inaccurate at times.

I’m not sure if I’d made it clear in the past or not, but I am an aspiring attorney. It is my wish that I will go to law school after I get my bachelor’s degree and then move on to the State’s Attorney’s office in Maryland. Anybody ...

Pros: good acting by the two stars, interesting storyline
Cons: coninuity problems, uninspiring relationship of Beachem and boss

I missed this 2007 legal/suspense drama went it came through the theatres earlier this year, but recently picked it out of a local Redbox ($1 movie rental vending machine.) It was an enjoyable two hours, but watching this in a theatre would have tempered ...

Pros: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling's portrayal of their characters and the 2 work well together.
Cons: Nothing distinctive about the movie.

I don't like spoilers, so I've attempted to keep this pretty spoiler free. My parents got prescreening tickets for Fracture. The film looked complete to me, but the trailer on the official site contains clips of a “love” scene that wasn’t ...

Pros: Hopkin's character's cool house and marble machines (basically Wealth Porn)
Cons: Everyone and everything else

I've decided to write a pair of bookend reviews featuring this piece of decroded dog crap contrasted with the amazingly entertaining and well-made " Hot Fuzz".The basic idea for this concerns film marketing and film ...

Pros: Hitchcock like murder mystery entertains from start to finish.
Cons: nothing to complain about a satisfying cinema experience.

I went to see the new film "Fracture" at a multiplex matinee the day after it opened. I was surprised the theatre was only about half full. But I shouldn't have been since these days the powers that be in Hollywood have forgotten how to sell or even ...

Pros: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling give superb performances
Cons: The film suffers from a flawed plot

Anthony Hopkins and rising star Ryan Gosling are adversaries in the courtroom drama “Fracture.” Gosling plays a prosecutor from the district attorney’s office, Willy Beachum. Beachum is a hotshot young lawyer who has a 97% conviction rate. ...