![]() ![]() “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. In Matthew 11, Jesus tells his followers to come to Him for rest. Several times, people thank God for their loved ones being kept safe, and a doctor admits to his colleague that they can’t play God and sometimes they don’t get to decide who lives and who dies. Although she takes it to an extreme and refuses to grieve for her loss, she strives to lean on God and in the end comes to a balance and realizes that she has to allow herself to grieve. She prays fervently and starts a prayer program at her school to help others who are in need. ***SPOILER WARNING*** After the shooting, Anne is left to deal with her grief of what happened and turns to God for help. The movie actually had a very good view of God and leaning on Him in times of need-several crosses appear throughout the movie. Charlie is seen gambling at a casino and can be seen urinating but nothing is shown, but he ends up urinating blood out. There are a couple instances of people drinking, but nothing over the top. ![]() Carla cannot deal with what happened, so she starts neglecting her baby. Joan can be seen vomiting after being drugged by Bruce. Miscellaneous: Jimmy contemplates committing suicide while on the edge of a building, but Anne convinces him to come down. Again, the sex was so needless, because the storyline was so strong and yes, sex is one way that one of the characters copes with the shooting, however, they didn’t have to show it. Also, Anne Hagen ( Dakota Fanning) pecks Jimmy Jaspersen ( Josh Hutcherson) on the cheek and on the lips. And Carla is drunk at a bar and is grinding on a random drunk man. Charlie is solicited by a prostitute, and she performs oral sex on him, and her breasts are shown with her in underwear. Carla Davenport ( Kate Beckinsale) has a very vulgar sex scene with a man, he can be seen humping her and the noise is very graphic, the scene is horrible. Bruce Laraby and his wife Joan (Embeth Davidtz) have a brief bedroom scene, where Bruce’s backside can be seen and semi-graphic noises can be heard there is also a brief and clean kissing scene between the couple, and Bruce is seen in his pajamas with his shirt off. ![]() Sexuality: The sex was very vulgar, inappropriate and unnecessary as usual, directors forget how good of a movie they have made and try to spice it up with sex, when, in reality, it isn’t needed. The violence was kept moderate and was well placed and only used for realistic purposes. Charlie Archenault ( Forest Whitaker) borrows money from a man, but doesn’t pay up, so the same man breaks his arm with a piece of cement, no blood is shown, but there is the sound of an arm breaking. All of the victims of the shooting have several flashbacks that re-enact what took place from their perspective in the shooting. Bruce Laraby ( Guy Pearce) tries to revive one of his patients with paddles, but the patient is brain dead. There is also a hospital scene, where patients are covered in blood and surgery takes place that is somewhat graphic, but could be found on “E.R.” or “Grey’s Anatomy,” so nothing too horrible.ĭr. A shooting takes place in a diner, so people are shot and one man is shown in a pool of blood. The violence was kept pretty moderate for an R film. Violence: Since the entire film revolves around the shooting, it can be expected that there is violence. I had a problem with the 1 use of the Lord’s name in vain, it just wasn’t necessary, the use of the “F” word is debatable since this is an R film and is expected, but the word itself is horrible. As was previously stated, the cursing was mild for an R-rated film, but that does not mean the profanity used was acceptable. There are 2 uses of “damn”, 9 uses of “f***”, 1 use of “G**damn”, 2 uses of “Hell”, 2 uses of “sh**”, and 1 use of “prick”. Profanity: There are 17 uses of profanity, which I found to be mild for an R-rated film. With an all-star cast, “Fragments,” is a chilling tale of how people cope with tragedies some find religion, some find family, some find money, but in the end, it is up to the victim to decide what happens next. They all deal with their pain and grief in different ways, though they attempt to pick up the broken pieces and go back to their normal lives, the victims soon realize that they must face what happened in the diner. After a shooting takes place in a diner, its victims are forced to piece their shattered lives back together. ![]()
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