Fracture Review

By Nancy Johnson
When your husband says to you, “I’ve been watching you sleep at night”, run… girl run! Run oh dang too late! Anthony Hopkins had a major ‘fracture’ in his head and let me tell you I am scared and his piercing blue eyes are as cold as his wife’s dead body.

“I could smell the blood and the s–t. It smelled like metal.” Hopkins says this to Ryan Gosling without even batting an eye or taking a breathe of remorse. Someone actually married this man? Hopkins plays an aerospace engineer who drives a fast car and he lives in a mansion. But, he also has many screws loose and no amount of smarts can fix that. Ladies be kind to your geeks.

Gosling plays the District Attorney who was supposed to put Hopkins away 1, 2, 3 (yeah right) and then move on to his cushy new job with his way-to-easy (you’re my new boy-toy) female boss. Can you put away the man who used to eat flesh in “The Silence of the Lambs” and who demanded to see Clarice? I think not.

There is one scene where Hopkins is in the kitchen washing himself in the sink (yes eww and more eww) and he stops and stares off to the side. That eerie look on his face made me wonder if he was thinking, “I need my fava beans.”

Speaking of looks, there are many awesome facial expressions that are scenes within themselves. I want to give them away but with the great cinematography, you will see what I am referring to in the movie.

You will enjoy this film and you will watch it again as did I. It’s very entertaining and it will keep you on the edge of your couch waiting for Hopkins to crack.

There are deleted scenes and two alternate endings. However, the alternate endings will leave you asking more questions. The original, true ending is the best.

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