The Tracey Fragments Reviews
Elliot Page is fantastic. The story is confusing but it is meant to. Well made adaption that captures the feeling of the book.
One of the most underrated movies of the past 30 years, The Tracey Fragments captivated me for essentially the entire runtime. The first 10-ish minutes of this movie were a little slow, but after that, I was enthralled. The movie uses a split-screen technique that at first threw me off, but I got used to it and eventually liked it. This is just another example of how Ellen Page is the best actress of her generation, and it isn't close. She has to carry this movie as she is in every single scene, and she does. It is inredible what she does with a movie that demands so much of her, especially considering how young she is in this movie. This is an incredibly interesting and thought-provoking movie, and deserves to be seen by everyone. I highly recommend.
If you have complex PTSD this is a movie you want to see. I think the movie being all fragmented reflects exactly how many people experience the PTSD and how they start to work through it. However this is not a feel-good movie. Perhaps that was why other people gave it lower ratings
Very unique and disturbing. A bit sloppy, but the inventiveness and unnerving nature makes up for it in my opinion.
ELLEN PAGE, ladies and gentlemen. Her last hoorah on the indy scene before she left for Hollywood (or New York City, in her case.) "Hard Candy" may have been her finest performance from her pre-"Juno" days, but this one comes pretty close. I hold this film in high regard, even though it makes absolutely no sense. And I'm not saying that because I'm your average moviegoing slob who can't look at a piece of art and find the meaning and undertones and all that fancy stuff. I'm saying that because the film isn't really supposed to make sense. Tracey is trying to figure out her life, with hundreds of thoughts racing around in her head at once, and we are looking inside the brain of a 15 year old girl who hates herself but loves her missing brother enough to take a dangerous journey to find him. Compliments to the beautiful soundtrack by Broken Social Scene, especially in the final scene of the film (no spoilers). Overall, this little object is worth investigating if you're either really brave or really want to see as much Ellen Page as you can, or both.
Adapted from a novel of the same name, the film is an experimental drama. The story is interesting conceptually and the director takes on the task of displaying the story in fragments which is a truly bold move. That alone makes the film more interesting & in many ways realistic because memories tend to come in fragments especially when one feels desperate, scattered and lost. The film goes back and forth between memories, dream sequences, heightened memories that are supposed to play out like conversations she has with her consciousness. The story is about a 15 year old Canadian girl named Tracey Horowitz, she is an insecure loner that has a huge crush on a "cool" boy in school. We find her covered only in a blanket riding the back of a public bus talking to the audience watching the film. She starts to tell her story. One day she is asked to take care of her younger brother Sonny, she loses him & is now traumatized from the event. She can't process losing her brother nor forgive herself. Ellen Page does an amazing job creating Tracey Horowitz for the audience, Ellen Page creates a brave portrayal of Tracey Horowitz. She manages to dominante the line of insecure youth, vulnerability with desparation and insanity. Her performance of the character. Her performance is brilliant and carries the film, because the film isn't displayed coherently. We look at Tracey as a girl that made an horribly innocent mistake the truth is revealed later. The problem with the film is that the non liner fragmented direction makes the film difficult to follow and in some ways can seem annoying. This can also make the film come off as pretentious.
You'd have better luck trying to pick fly shit out of pepper while wearing boxing gloves than understanding this film. It is however fairly intriguing and encourages multiple viewings. Not to mention there are some hilariously stupid lines.
This movie is soo weird and confusing. After you watch it you are going to be left confused and feeling stupid. I give the movie one good thing which is it was pretty original and ellen page kick acting was really good. but everything else. was just blah.
I'm a big Ellen Page fan. I rented this movie based on a A.O. Scott, movie critic, NY Times, review. Movie is in split screen (2 to 6 or more views) for most of the time. Not for everyone. I was fascinated with the disjointed story telling.
A low budget film that relies on a good script and good acting. Page has a knack of making her character charming and likable.
Confusing (but interesting) storyline, with great performance by Ellen Page. I liked this movie, but at different points was unsure whether I was watching a 'real' scene or a fantasy sequence.
Just a bit too pretentious and self-indulgent. Ellen Page's performance is the main reason to see this.
Tracey Berkowitz is a bullied high school student with bi-polar issues and maybe even a touch of Schizophrenia..her homelife is miserable..but she adores her little brother...When he goes missing and Tracey goes on search for him and takes you with you through her shattered psyche,and you learn that what you see isn't even the whole story..Much like Timecode this movie is fractured in many parts of the same movie being played in smaller screens..you actually get to see what it's like to be inside the mind of somone not entirely mentally sound....I do recommend multiple viewings so someone can get the full story...or just pay really close attention.
Pretentious and unpleasant, even if somehow fascinating, in a way. Worth watching? I really don't know.