He's got a good ol' Southern boy feel to him. Beachum is a guy just trying to move on with his life, but he's also one that has convictions. Gosling, coming off his Oscar-nominated role in "Half Nelson," isn't too shabby either. And if you want someone who can still be amiable while being creepy, Hopkins is the actor to pull it off. To have Crawford sitting behind bars during his arraignment telling the judge that he wants to keep Beachum on the case because he likes him is a funny situation that is slightly creepy.
It's charmingly funny, rather than scary or dramatic. The script leans heavily on Gosling and Hopkins' witty banter and the comedy within their words. Beachum wants to win the case so a psychotic killer won't get away scot-free.Īs far as murder mysteries go, "Fracture" is superb. The old man may be clever, but he's too smug. With a 97 percent win recor, Beachum won't let go of the case even though he's risking it all just to get Crawford. He's enjoying the whole situation because it's looking up for him, while Beachum's rising star starts to plummet back to Earth. The murder weapon doesn't match, the arresting officer had relations with the victim and Crawford is just playing games. The case that Beachum thinks is going to be a slamdunk starts to fall apart in an instance. He even plans on representing himself at trial.īut he's just turning the screws. He admits to this, hands over the murder weapon, signs a confession and happily heads to prison. Powerful, rich businessman Ted Crawford (Hopkins) just shot his wife in the head. office on his way to a cushy corporate office job when a new case falls into his lap.
"Fracture" has all the appeal of an episode of "Law & Order" with the added combined star power of Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins.Īssistant District Attorney Willy Beachum (Gosling) has one foot out the door of the D.A. The interaction between prosecutor and defendant is an interesting one - works- even more so when the defendant is just screwing with everyone.
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