Fracture

Hopkins plays a man whose wife is having an affair, and shoots her; allowing himself to be caught, in fact, walking into his arrest, he waives his rights to pre-trial maneuverings, and asks for a quick trail. Defending himself, he wrecks the prosecution's case (a police detective present at his arraingment was the lover of his wife), and confounds the prosecuting ADA. Rotten Tomatoes assigns a 71% to the film (both critics and fans), and that's about right. I was reminded of Sleuth, to some degree. Hopkins is good, not great; this is the sort of role he has patented, and he gives it a good effort. Gosling can do better. Entertaining.