The film is quite literally fragmented. Too much story -- and too little about each character.
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08/10/09
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.
Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Limited
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
[A] well acted ensemble piece that I think you should see.
08/10/09
It is intriguing, the premise. But, in fact, you're not given quite enough access to situations or characters to really get an involvement with the film.
07/08/09
As an examination into the way trauma affects different people it’s intriguing yet at times rather baffling.
07/08/09
Despite its very impressive lineup, this film is full of inconsistencies and moves at a slow pace. So many performances are wasted.
07/31/09
Frierich's hook is, well, killer. And Woods is patient with his story, letting small glances and tiny actions speak volumes.
07/31/09
Rowan Woods indulges in some sub-subpar Crash territory here, with a laughably self-serious narrative that has less to do with reality than histrionics.
08/01/09
Each character's unique journey towards processing their shared horrific experience is handled with sensitivity and honesty.
07/08/09
It’s a worthy effort, and Woods pieces the parts together with skill and sensitivity. But, perhaps weighed down too heavily by its subject matter, Winged Creatures never takes flight.
07/06/09
Considering the talent involved in Winged Creatures, it's a pity that the movie never manages to fly above your average Hallmark drama.
07/07/09
A movie like this tends to come out at least once a year.
06/25/08
Crash's Best Picture Oscar win helped jump-start a wave of self-deluded ensemble imitators who seem to feel that overt emotionalism ladled over a loosely connected narrative is a surefire sign of Important Filmmaking. Witness Fragments.
08/04/09
The grand statement it wants to make plays shallow instead of deep, leaving the film too weak-kneed to carry the weight of its broken world.
08/07/09
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
But 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
Fragments is both deeply self-serious and essentially meaningless, the sort of we're-all-connected tragedy in which birds fly free while humans remain stuck in place.
07/31/09
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
Top CriticThe 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.
07/31/09
Even as it makes a show of complexity Fragments seems determined to pull together its various story strands.
08/06/09
Less a movie than a sociology thesis.
08/04/09
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