Fracture (2007)

Overview
User Rating:
7.1/10 34,279 votes
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Director:
Gregory Hoblit
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Pyne (screenplay) and
Glenn Gers (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
3 August 2007 (Romania) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
If you look close enough, you'll find everyone has a weak spot. more
Plot:
An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Court | Engineer | Law Firm | Battle Of Wits | Confession
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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User Comments:
Classy, Entertaining Battle-Of-Wits Film more
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)

Anthony Hopkins ... Ted Crawford

Ryan Gosling ... Willy Beachum

David Strathairn ... DA Joe Lobruto

Rosamund Pike ... Nikki Gardner

Embeth Davidtz ... Jennifer Crawford

Billy Burke ... Lt. Robert 'Rob' Nunally

Cliff Curtis ... Detective Flores
Fiona Shaw ... Judge Robinson

Bob Gunton ... Judge Gardner

Josh Stamberg ... Norman Foster

Xander Berkeley ... Judge Moran
Zoe Kazan ... Mona

Judith Scott ... Resident

Gary Cervantes ... Ciro (as Carlos Cervantes)

Petrea Burchard ... Dr. Marion Kang
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Das Perfekte Verbrechen (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violent content.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Ireland:15A | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Singapore:PG | USA:R (certificate #43317) | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:12 | Denmark:15 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Italy:T | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | New Zealand:M
Filming Locations:
Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA more
Company:
New Line Cinema more
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
This is the first New Line Cinema/Castle Rock Entertainment collaboration since the mid-90s before both companies were bought by Ted Turner. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Towards the end when Beachum calls on Crawford, Crawford looks in a security monitor. Under the monitor there is a security panel for an alarm system. When the shot changes, the panel is gone, then appears again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Crawford's Secretary: The NTSB guys are here about that bulkhead problem.
Ted Crawford: OK, thanks.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "HBO First Look: Look Closely: The Making of 'Fracture' (#14.9)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Ombra Fedel Anch'io more
FAQ
How did Crawford know Nunally would attend the scene?
How would having the bullet from the wife's head prove anything in court?
How did Crawford's wife survive a .45 at close range?
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User Comments
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32 out of 47 people found the following comment useful:-
Classy, Entertaining Battle-Of-Wits Film, 15 August 2007
10/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

If you like courtroom dramas, appreciate excellent acting and an expertly-filmed movie this is for you. Only once, I think, have I ever proclaimed something "best movie of the year" and all that, because it's all too subjective and also a cliché but that's how I feel about this movie unless something better comes along the last few months of 2007.

This is just a fabulous movie with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling playing battling characters who engage in a battle of wits. Hopkins plays a husband who discovers his wife having an affair, shoots her, confesses the same night and then has things cleverly arranged where it's almost impossible to convict him. Gosling plays a young, hotshot prosecuting attorney on his way to bigger and better things with a change of scenery to corporate law but gets stuck with this open-and-shut case right before he switches firms. The trouble is, it's a lot more than he figured and he isn't used to losing. Hopkins knows this, of course, and plays on his vanity.

Gosling evolves from a me-only lawyer to someone who really wants justice, even if it costs him. Both characters are cocky and smart and the twists and turns just add to the fun.

I enjoyed watching all the actors performances and was very impressed. The camera-work by Director Of Photography Kramer Morgenthau should also be recognized, along with director Gregory Hoblit, who seems to direct very entertaining films ("Frequency," "Fallen," etc.)

I could have watched this story unfold for another two hours and would have been happy to do so, am I'm not one to sit still for long periods these days. That's how good this was....just Grade A film-making and storytelling.