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.[2] It was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group in the United States on August 4, 2009, as Fragments.[3][4]

Winged Creatures
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Directed byRowan Woods
Written byRoy Freirich
Based onWinged Creatures
by Roy Freirich
Produced byRobert Salerno
StarringKate Beckinsale
Dakota Fanning
Guy Pearce
Forest Whitaker
Jennifer Hudson
Jackie Earle Haley
Josh Hutcherson
CinematographyEric Alan Edwards
Edited byMeg Reticker
Music byMarcelo Zarvos
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Distributed bySony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
Release dates
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$39,171 (Foreign)[1]

Plot

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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.[5]

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Reception

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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."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Winged Creatures (2009)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "Roy Freirich author profile". Goodreads. 2009.
  3. ^ "Fragments". Fandango. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. ^ Screen, World (May 17, 2007). "WorldScreen.com - Articles - Sony Acquires Rights to Peace Arch Feature Film".
  5. ^ "Movie Review: Fragments/Winged Creatures (2009)". Yahoo! Voices. 2009. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Fragments". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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