Fragments (film)

winged creatures

Official movie poster
Directed by Rowan Woods
Produced by Robert Salerno
Written by Roy Freirich
Starring Dakota Fanning
Forest Whitaker
Guy Pearce
Kate Beckinsale
Josh Hutcherson
Jennifer Hudson
Cinematography Eric Alan Edwards
Editing by Meg Reticker
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 24, 2008 (Los Angeles Film Festival)
August 4, 2009 (DVD)
Language English

Fragments (a.k.a. Winged Creatures) is a 2008 film adaptation of Roy Freirich's novel Winged Creatures.[1] It stars Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Josh Hutcherson, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Embeth Davidtz. It was released on DVD by Peace Arch Entertainment in the US on August 4, 2009, as Fragments.[2]

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Plot

While in a restaurant, Carla Davenport, the restaurant cashier; Charlie Archenault, a driving-school teacher; Bruce Laraby, an emergency room physician; Anne Hagen, her father, and her best friend, Jimmy Jasperson suddenly hear gun shots. Anne, her father, and Jimmy retreat under a table as a suicidal gunman shoots several people (including Anne's father) and then himself. The film shows the aftermath as these six traumatized people struggle to regain their trust in the ordinary world.[3]

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Reception

It received mixed, but mostly negative reviews from critics.

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