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Anthony Hopkins plays a sort of Hannibalesque character minus the farva and chianti while Ryan Gosling flares a little less nostril because he's too busy eating fruit and snacks during his strutting scenes.
This handsomely photographed picture is about as Hollywood thriller as you can get with the orchestral swelling around every turn and the ideal climate exterior shots, but inside the procedural workings of the film I was reminded of the kind of lawyer bond created with a victim in the hospital that The Verdict brought in as part of its morality.
After about an hour and fifteen minutes I had gotten past the cliches and settled into a semi complex thriller that had its cards in order, waiting for the final reveal, and sitting on the edge of my seat.
This is a very well played and written courtroom drama mystery that once again showcases the talents of Anthony Hopkins and reaffirms my slow reappraisal of Ryan Gosling as a good actor. Here Gosling does really good work with the cards he's been dealt. He plays quiet and cocky as competent as I could expect from a talent as heart throbbish as his genetics enable. Underneath his foxy grin there is a serious actor who makes a perfectly sly companion to Hopkins' usual devil.
I was satisfied with the ending not only because it started to really show good dialog chops leading up to it, but also because it didn't need to put a shiny bow as a pin the tail on the donkey. It had enough confidence to write itself into a new beginning that tapered off into the viewers imagination, even if what the viewer imagines only lasts for as long as it takes to stand up and walk out of the room after they've switched off and moved onto something else.
Fracture (2007)
Anthony Hopkins plays a sort of Hannibalesque character minus the farva and chianti while Ryan Gosling flares a little less nostril because he's too busy eating fruit and snacks during his strutting scenes.
This handsomely photographed picture is about as Hollywood thriller as you can get with the orchestral swelling around every turn and the ideal climate exterior shots, but inside the procedural workings of the film I was reminded of the kind of lawyer bond created with a victim in the hospital that The Verdict brought in as part of its morality.
After about an hour and fifteen minutes I had gotten past the cliches and settled into a semi complex thriller that had its cards in order, waiting for the final reveal, and sitting on the edge of my seat.
This is a very well played and written courtroom drama mystery that once again showcases the talents of Anthony Hopkins and reaffirms my slow reappraisal of Ryan Gosling as a good actor. Here Gosling does really good work with the cards he's been dealt. He plays quiet and cocky as competent as I could expect from a talent as heart throbbish as his genetics enable. Underneath his foxy grin there is a serious actor who makes a perfectly sly companion to Hopkins' usual devil.
I was satisfied with the ending not only because it started to really show good dialog chops leading up to it, but also because it didn't need to put a shiny bow as a pin the tail on the donkey. It had enough confidence to write itself into a new beginning that tapered off into the viewers imagination, even if what the viewer imagines only lasts for as long as it takes to stand up and walk out of the room after they've switched off and moved onto something else.