Fragments

 

Fragments 2008

• Director: Rowan Woods
• Seen by this director: Little Fish
• Based on book by Roy Freirich
• Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Forest Whitaker, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Josh Hutcherson
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• All of them – several or many
• Why? Interesting cast.
• Seen:  12 December 2024.      

       A man walks into an LA diner and shoots. Two dead, several wounded, the survivors all traumatised. This is the story of the aftermath. The hospital staff, the survivors and witnesses, the police.

       Life goes on. One man (Whitaker) has cancer and goes on a wild and dangerous gambling spree. One boy (Hutcherson) goes mute. One girl (Fanning) becomes a holier-than-thou religious fanatic. The waitress (Beckinsale) is a single mother whose baby won’t stop crying because the mother is so tense. A doctor (Pearce) gives his wife medicine that gives her migraines so that she will be grateful to him for giving her medicine to ease the pain.

       None of the characters is especially likeable and the stories aren’t especially interesting. The cast can’t do much with that. 

2* of 5