![]() ![]() When the gunman starts shooting, everyone’s response clearly highlighted through each witness’ recollection throughout the movie. Little does he know that he just let in a gunman who is about to open fire on the inhabitants of the diner. Laraby leaves the restaurant, he lets in a man entering as a friendly gesture. Bruce Laraby (Guy Pearce), whom is just finishing his morning coffee before work. Also, Anne is shown sitting across for her father and good friend Jimmy Jasperson (Josh Hutcherson.)Another diner customer that is present is Dr. The flashback starts with Charlie Archenault (Forest Whitaker) reading through pamphlets on dealing with Cancer, and being assisted by waitress Carla Davenport (Kate Beckinsale.) Charlie holds out a coupon that displays the #7 for free merchandise, and Carla announces that this may be Charlie’s lucky day. The teenage girl in the passenger seat is Anne Hagen (Dakota Fanning), and is being driven by mother Doris(Jeanne Tripplehorn.) As Anne stares from the window, a recollection of the diner murder replays in her head almost vividly. This diner will take the setting of the brutal massacre that haunts all the main characters’ lives. Immediately, the viewer is shown a car traveling down the road with images of an abandoned diner. The title Fragments also hints at the fact that the shattered pieces of a traumatic experience aka witnesses much live on in everyday setting broken and edgy. In Rowan Wood’s Fragments, five witnesses to a horrific murder are forced to deal with the terrible reality of post traumatic stress syndrome and eventually have separate breakdowns not being able to handle the cruel hand of violence that was presented to them. Not only do victims/witnesses feel distraught by the crime inflicted on them, but also the feeling of “What if” can haunt a person in that everyday life becomes almost impossible to bear. Traumatic experiences do not only effect the ones who are forced to experience them, but the ones that are related and/or directly share lives with traumatized people are also forced to live in this world of helplessness that cannot be cured through repetitive support and love. Starring: Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson (Synopsis written by Jason Buchanon, All Movie Guide) Forest Whitaker, Guy Pearce, Kate Beckinsale, and Dakota Fanning headline Little Fish director Rowan Woods’ adaptation of Roy Freirich’s debut novel. In the aftermath of a gruesome restaurant murder, the survivors of the attack are left to ponder their own mortality and how it relates to their connection to society. ![]()
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