Fracture [Movie]

Fracture, Gregory Hoblit , 8,5/10

It is so seldom that I'm actually (positively) surprised by a movie, that I always try to write a little bit about it. Yesterday (cheap ticket day) I went to the movies with a couple of friends to watch Fracture ("Um Crime de Mestre" in portuguese). It had a lot of stuff going for it, actually... pretty good cast, with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling; very cool trailer, interesting premise... and a pretty good director, with at least two noteworthy movies: Fallen, and Primal Fear (well, actually Fallen falls a little short of what it could've been... but Primal Fear will always be the movie that put Edward Norton on the spotlight with that amazing performance!!). So, in retrospect, maybe it surprised me because I expected too little of it. But, whatever the reason was, it was a great surprise... one of the best thrillers of the year, hands down! Great performances, great plot, almost flawless script (but hey, who's perfect right?!), holds the tension 'till the very end... it's a really great movie, worth watching any time (not only on the cheap ticket day!! :-) )