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Tracey Fragments, The
THINKFilm
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Ellen Page,
Ari Cohen,
Max McCabe-Lokos,
Erin McMurtry,
SlimTwig,
and
Julian Richings
Based on screenwriter Maureen Medved's novel of the same name, The Tracey Fragments uses highly inventive and dynamic Mondrian-like split screens to tell the story of why 15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is riding out a blizzard in the back of a city bus, naked except for the tattered curtain she's wrapped in, and looking for her missing brother (whom she fears she has hypnotized). Onscreen for nearly every frame of the film, Ellen Page delivers a tour-de-force performance that cements her status as one of the most exciting young actresses today. (THINKFilm)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Maureen Medved
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Bruce McDonald
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: May 9, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
77 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Canada |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
In the hands of a more literal-minded filmmaker The Tracey Fragments might well have been dreary and unbearable, a chronicle of florid self-pity justified by arbitrary cruelty. Instead it is fierce, enigmatic and affecting.

75
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
I have a feeling that this is the last time we'll see a down-and-dirty Ellen Page. Her handlers have too much wrapped up in her mainstream persona to ever again allow her to do anything as daring and out of the loop as The Tracey Fragments. And that's a shame.

75
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Even though the screen is often divided into a Mondrian-like grid, each individual box containing its own discreet moving image, McDonald's film is surprisingly fluid and easy to follow.

70
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
Beyond its overarching aesthetic, The Tracey Fragments co-stars Toronto rockabilly punk Slim Twig as a Tim Burton caricature of Pretty in Pink’s Duckie and boasts a score by Broken Social Scene; it would all swagger dangerously close into hipster-trash territory if not for Page's pathos and wit, honest to blog.

50
Variety
Russell Edwards
Page is generally commanding as the self-pitying teenager, but there are several moments when, let down by the text, the young thesp obviously does not believe what she is saying.

42
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It's all a bit like "Girl Interrupted" shattered into a thousand shards, but Page somehow manages to come through with a performance despite the director's distracting technique.

40
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
A failed cinematic experiment mainly notable for its fine starring performance by a pre-"Juno" Ellen Page, The Tracey Fragments provides more evidence (not that any was needed) that an extensive use of split-screen visuals is far more irritating than arresting.

38
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
This unexceptional and uninteresting story of a self-pitying borderline-personality teenager verges on being unwatchable as a result of McDonald's decision to bombard the audience with extraneous images in lieu of telling the story.

20
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
The Tracey Fragments is a grating stunt that plays like a film-school project, cutting a bland story into a million tiny irritating pieces.


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