Winged Creatures (film)

"Fragments (film)" redirects here. For the 1991 Croatian film, see Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing.

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
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rowan Woods
Written by	Roy Freirich
Based on	Winged Creatures by Roy Freirich
Produced by	Robert Salerno
Starring	Kate Beckinsale Dakota Fanning Guy Pearce Forest Whitaker Jennifer Hudson Jackie Earle Haley Josh Hutcherson
Cinematography	Eric Alan Edwards
Edited by	Meg Reticker
Music by	Marcelo Zarvos
Production company	Peace Arch Entertainment
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
Release dates	June 24, 2008 (2008-06-24) (Los Angeles Film Festival) July 31, 2009 (2009-07-31) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$39,171 (Foreign)[1]

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. Annie 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.^[5]

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

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]