MPAA Rating: language and some violent content

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Moviemaking Quality:

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Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Psychological Thriller, Crime

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Year of Release:

2007

USA Release:

April 20, 2007

Relevant Issues

What does the Bible say about adultery? Answer

Anger in the Bible

“I shot my wife …prove it.”

Producer’s Synopsis: “When Ted Crawford discovers that his beautiful younger wife, Jennifer, is having an affair, he plans her murder—the perfect murder. Among the cops arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally, the only officer permitted entry to the house. Surprisingly, Crawford readily admits to shooting his wife, but Nunally is too stunned to pay close attention when he recognizes his lover, whose true identity he never knew, lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Although Jennifer was shot at point blank range, Nunally realizes she isn’t dead.

Crawford is immediately arrested and arraigned after confessing—a seemingly slam-dunk case for hot shot assistant district attorney Willy Beachum, who has one foot out the door of the District Attorney’s office on his way to a lucrative job in high-stakes corporate law. But nothing is as simple as it seems, including this case. Will the lure of power and a love affair with a sexy, ambitious attorney at his new firm overpower Willy’s fierce drive to win, or worse, quash his code of ethics? In a tense duel of intellect and strategy, Crawford and Willy both learn that a ‘fracture’ can be found in every ostensibly perfect façade.”

Positive - Solid acting, good story and great ending. I highly recommend.
My Ratings: Better than Average / 5
—Christine, age 46

Positive - Coming into this film you know by the trailer that Hopkins kills his wife. Whenever I see trailers that display that much of the plot, it is really hard for the movie to offer much creativity, but this movie manages to do it. They do a really good job of establishing the characters and letting you know exactly what makes them tick. They then take the time to show them evolve through out the film so that by the time the movie is over you feel that Gosslings character has been redeemed and he has come to grips with who he really is. This movie is really smart and gets you thinking how did Hopkins make the evidence disappear? I would have liked one more thing to think about during the film but for most people they are going to love this movie. It deals with greed, murder, lying, truth, and justice.
My Ratings: Average / 3.5
—Jon Roberts, age 29

Positive - “Fracture” was an AWESOME, AWESOME movie! Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins were fantastic. The movie kept you in suspense until the very end. It was funny, yet serious. There were some moral issues: Hopkins killing his wife, her having an affair, Gosling sleeping with a woman (they were not married), but other than that Great movie!
My Ratings: Good / 4.5
—Aleshia Horner, age 19

Positive - I am very cautious with movies, and this one was captivating, had great twists and unexpected outcomes and was a wonderful movie. Anthony Hopkins was perfect. It was not chilling, as his other movies have been, and I was relieved. It was intelligent and enjoyable. Thumbs up!
My Ratings: Good / 5
—Nmac, age 53

Positive - Great courtroom drama, always enjoy Anthony Hopkins. To bad they had to throw in some f-words, otherwise it could have been PG-13.
My Ratings: Offensive / 5
—L B, age 49

Positive - I very much enjoyed this movie. Anthony Hopkins was excellent.
My Ratings: Average / 4.5
—E. Sherwood, age 48

Positive - I enjoyed this story. It kept me interested and the ending was satisfying. I would have liked to see a bit more emotion from Gosling, it seemed to me his character lacked depth. This movie had some offensive language, but it was kept to a minimum. Typical of Hollywood these days, the 'good guy' character has an immoral relationship with a woman, but no steamy sex scenes polluted this movie. It was just made obvious that they had been together. She is shown sitting up in bed from behind, putting on a nightgown. Very tame for today's movies.
My Ratings: Better than Average / 4
—Riki Spalding, age 37

Neutral - For an R-rated film, 'Fracture' was actually pretty clean. I agree wholeheartedly with another reviewer: if the language was shored up even just a little bit, then this movie could have easily passed for PG-13. I think it was a bit long. The middle just drags along with no action, twists, nor new discoveries. The protagonist hits a lot of dead-ends, and in a way, I felt like I did too sitting through the movie. However, everything does come together nicely in the end, which was a pleasant surprise, but it doesn’t rectify the ambivalent middle act.
My Ratings: Average / 3
—Jacob Keenum, age 21

Negative - I fell asleep in this extremely boring moving… it was a let down and boorrriiinnnggg! The best part was Dr. Lector… oh wait a minute, that was “Silence of the Lambs”… but the character he played in this movie was the most entertaining in the movie, the best actor in the movie by far, but still it was just not a very good movie. You could see why he killed his wife, she was having an affair, but the way it was planned out was not a very clever plot. I left the theater thinking… more money down the drain. I wish I had waited and rented it.
My Ratings: Average / 2
—DonnaM, age 51