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.
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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 gunshots. Anne 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 five traumatized people struggle to regain their trust in the ordinary world.
Cast
Kate Beckinsale as Carla Davenport
Dakota Fanning as Anne 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
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 45% of 31 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Sensitive but not insightful, Fragments pieces an ensemble together in the same way Crash did but without the gravitas."
