Fracture Movie Review Analysis and Commentary

*Spoilers Included Below* Anthony Hopkins is Ted Crawford a successful millionaire who learns early on in the film that his young beautiful wife is cheating on him. Rather than talk things through rationally with her, Ted loses the plot and plans her murder, shooting his wife in the head and then in a stroke of genius having the police officer she is sleeping with come to the scene of the crime as the hostage negotiator. When the officer sees the woman who has been shot and realises that it is his lover Ted coldly and calmly confesses to killing her. A scuffle ensues and we skip forward to see Ted in the courtroom.

Hotshot lawyer Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) reluctantly winds up being the prosecutor and finds himself pushed almost to breaking point as his reputation for winning every case he takes on and his moral conscience are tested to the extremes. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Ryan Gosling was fantastic, the charm and charisma he brought to the character was one of the key points in keeping this thriller watchable and genuinely enjoyable from start to finish. The chemistry between the always astounding Anthony Hopkins and Gosling himself is second to none; I lost count of the amount of times their sarcastic banter had me chuckling to myself.

Several of Anthony Hopkins lines were also fabulously dry and twisted and his performance did remind me a little of when he played Hannibal, that cunning almost arrogant self belief in his crime works really well and makes you love the character and almost not want Willy to outsmart him The movie twists and turns enough times to keep you guessing sufficiently well and although I did hear that a couple of the finer legal details may not have been completely accurate, I think occasionally in movies sometimes you have to skim over some aspects to create the best possible outcome for the story. By the way, if there are any legal experts out there who know exactly which of the scenes didn't quite work in the real life legal system and why feel free to comment! Overall I'd say fracture was a film well worth watching that isn't afraid to take risks and keep the viewer guessing until the end. It was incredibly well acted and directed and I for one would happily watch it again. Let me know what you thought by hitting the reply button!