Fracture

The name of the character may be Ted Crawford, but Anthony Hopkins is really back playing Hannibal Lecter again in Fracture, many critics suggest. "There's that same hissing arrogance, that same cunning squint, the same dare to all listeners: Catch me if you can," writes Michael Booth in the Denver Post. That's not necessarily a bad thing, some critics indicate. And (together with costar Ryan Gosling), Hopkins is garnering some of his most laudatory reviews since Silence of the Lambs. As Elizabeth Weitzman writes in the New York Daily News: "Although Hopkins could surely portray a charismatic killer in his sleep by now, he's clearly having a ball, while Gosling, gliding through every scene with deceptively casual confidence, seems determined to prove himself the best actor of his generation. Together, these two turn a mediocre movie into a must-see." Likewise, Lou Lumenick concludes in the New York Post: "Fracture breaks no new ground, but with these two around, you'll never be bored." Roger Moore in the Orlando Sentinel says that Fracture "gives us Anthony Hopkins the way we like him: cunning, arrogant, sinister, a killer playing games with the lesser mortals who would trap him." Eleanor Ringel Gillespie in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution expresses surprise that the studio is releasing "a smart thriller, and it isn't even fall."

Very interesting twists and turns, good movie over all.I would give it an A as a rating (A, B, C, D, F).Brian (USA) 2008