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2008
R
THINKFilm
1 h 17 m

2008
R
THINKFilm
1 h 17 m

The Tracey Fragments

Summary 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 bro...

Drama

Directed By: Bruce McDonald

Written By: Maureen Medved

2008
R
THINKFilm
1 h 17 m

2008
R
THINKFilm
1 h 17 m

The Tracey Fragments

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

54

User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 36 User Ratings

3.6

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Summary 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 bro...

Drama

Directed By: Bruce McDonald

Written By: Maureen Medved

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

40% Positive
4 Reviews

40% Mixed
4 Reviews

20% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews

40% Positive
4 Reviews

40% Mixed
4 Reviews

20% Negative
2 Reviews

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The New York Times

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.

By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

TV Guide Magazine

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.

By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW

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.

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.

Christian Science Monitor

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.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

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.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

The Tracey Fragments is a grating stunt that plays like a film-school project, cutting a bland story into a million tiny irritating pieces.

By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Unfavorable Based on 36 User Ratings

39% Positive
14 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

61% Negative
22 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Unfavorable Based on 36 User Ratings

39% Positive
14 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

61% Negative
22 Ratings

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Details

Production Company Shadow Shows, Téléfilm Canada, Corvid Pictures, Alcina Pictures, The Harold Greenberg Fund, The Movie Network (TMN), Movie Central Network, Rogers Telefund, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), Tracey Fragments

Release Date May 9, 2008

Duration 1 h 17 m

Rating R

Genres

Drama

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Awards

Genie Awards

• 6 Nominations

Atlantic Film Festival

• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

Chlotrudis Awards

• 2 Nominations

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