The casting directors of Fragments deserve credit for assembling so much talent in one modest movie; if only Rowan Woods, the director, knew what to do with them.
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07/31/09
Fragments (2009)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:13
Rotten:17
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Sensitive but not insightful, Fragments pieces an ensemble together in the same way Crash did but without the gravitas.
Synopsis: Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, and Josh Hutcherson star as people whose lives change dramatically after they share in a traumatic event at a diner. Based on the novel... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker
Director: Rowan Woods
Reviews for Fragments
Top CriticVividly conveys the sorrow and suffering brought into the lives of five individuals by a man with a gun and his act of random violence.
07/31/09
Yet another example of an undeniable truth in drama -- without the right screenplay, the best cast in the world can't make a film worth seeing.
07/30/09
The anxiety is deafening in this flimsy symphony of shattered lives, which -- like that confounding Oscar winner Crash -- confuses entropy for empathy.
07/30/09
The hell that Paul Haggis hath wrought grows exponentially by the day.
07/30/09
The pace is too languid to sustain much viewer concentration, and whatever the characters go through seems only peripherally connected to the shooting in the diner. Close, but no cigar.
07/29/09
A harrowing examination of the metaphysical harm inflicted by gun massacres.
07/28/09
With some poor casting and more actions than insights, Winged Creatures is indeed a bird that fails to fly, but not quite a turkey.
07/12/09
Top CriticBut if it's not up there with The Boys, Winged Creatures is still a film which can make you think about the ongoing consequences of America's gun culture.
07/10/09
Top CriticA movie like this tends to come out at least once a year.
06/25/08
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