In Los Angeles, there is a real disaster involving a rich architect, Ted Crawford, who shot his wife and imprisoned her lover. When Ted is brought to trial, Ted summons the successful lawyer Willie Bechum to resolve that controversial issue in Los Angeles. Perhaps he will change things when Ted asks the judge to represent himself in court. Over time, Willie will discover that the evidence is inadmissible in the trial and that things are going wrong.
A smart and snappy thriller that makes light work of its ethical dilemmas, Fracture is a little too neat and tidy to stick in the mind for long, but the Hopkins-Gosling pairing is choice, and neither comes up short.
Not since Lecter has a role been this well suited to Hopkins, whose intelligence and pristine formality as an actor often make him seem alien.
Cinema em Cena
April 15, 2009
Um thriller bem realizado que abusa do talento da dupla principal para tentar se diferenciar de tantos outros exemplares do gênero. E quase consegue.
Chicago Reader
April 23, 2007
The main interest here is the juxtaposing of Gosling's Method acting with Hopkins's more classical style, a spectacle even more mesmerizing than the settings.
Fracture is the kind of polished cat-and-mouse movie thriller that depends entirely on the cat and the mouse having read and agreed to the script in advance.
[Hopkins and Gosling's] courtroom power struggle holds this Fractured drama together.
Seattle Times
September 01, 2007
It's straightforward and nongimmicky (you don't have to wonder whodunit because we're told in the first few minutes), involves a minimum of blood and gore, and holds our interest nicely.
