• Source: Winged Creatures (film)

      • Winged Creatures (released as Fragments on DVD) is a 2008 psychological drama directed by Rowan Woods and starring Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Josh Hutcherson, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Embeth Davidtz. It is an adaptation of Roy Freirich's novel Winged Creatures. It was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group in the United States on August 4, 2009, as Fragments.


      Plot


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


      Cast


      Kate Beckinsale as Carla Davenport
      Dakota Fanning as Annie Hagen
      Josh Hutcherson as Jimmy Jasperson
      Forest Whitaker as Charlie Archenault
      Guy Pearce as Dr. Bruce Laraby
      Jeanne Tripplehorn as Doris Hagen
      Jennifer Hudson as Kathy Archenault
      Jackie Earle Haley as Bob Jasperson
      Walton Goggins as Zack
      Embeth Davidtz as Jo Laraby
      Troy Garity as Ron Alber
      Robin Weigert as Lydia Jasperson
      Andrew Fiscella as Numbers Man
      Jaimz Woolvett as the Swedish Cook
      Hayley McFarland as Lori Carline
      Soren Fulton as Howard
      Mae McGrath as the swag bystander
      Nick Farrell as swag bystander's wife and son


      Reception


      In the United States' review aggregator, the Rotten Tomatoes, in the score where the site staff categorizes the opinions of independent media and mainstream media only positive or negative, the film has an approval rating of 45% calculated based on 31 critics reviews. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the score achieved is 4,7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Sensitive but not insightful, Fragments pieces an ensemble together in the same way Crash did but without the gravitas."


      References




      External links


      Winged Creatures at IMDb
      Fragments at AllMovie

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