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In a first move after highly acclaimed festival screenings of THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS at 57th Berlin International Film Festival, Canada's Odeon Films, a division of Motion Picture Distribution LP, has ...
"Ellen Page, who continually chooses challenging roles not for the Oscar, but for the experience, delivers another stand-out performance as Tracey. You name it, she conquers: from the cursing, to the partial nudity, to the attempted rape, Page pumps every inch of her soul into the role. McDonald wanted to remind the audience prior to the screening that this was ´just a story about a 15-year-old girl.´ “
“But it´s more than that - it´s a powerful, emotional, risky piece of filmmaking that comes at a time when the portrayal of teenage angst on screen is in desperate need of a makeover. Now, if only more films took that chance ..."
Erik Davis_ cinematical.com
"A daring film - but not in the competition. Something like the daring quality of the Canadian Bruce McDonald, who was enthusiastically received at the Hofer Filmtage in the past with his early Indie icons ´Roadkill´ and ´Highway 61´, would have been a welcome sight in the competition. In ´The Tracey Fragments´ he tells the story of a 15-year-old´s emotional confusion with a breathtakingly intense split-screen experiment."
Arne Thomsen, Frankenpost.de
"The restlessness of the protagonist, the loops and the music remind us of ´Run, Lola, Run.´ The constant cuts and repetitions underline the oppressive, impressive mood of ´The Tracey Fragments.´ ... You can find it later in the video store between ´Donnie Darko´ and the ´Best-of-Michel-Gondry-DVD.´"
Daniel Erk, jetzt.de
"The fascination and the respect for this elaborate technique are impressive. The actress Ellen Page sweeps across the screen in every scene like a whirlwind of sheer energy that winds down."
Uncut Movies.at
"Fantastic - and already one of my favorite films at this year´s Berlinale. ... ´The Tracey Fragments´ is the greatest operatic performance featuring the artistic and painterly use of the split-screen technique since ´The Pillow Book´ and the split-screen sequences in ´Hulk´ ... All in all, it is precise and efficient, and well thought-out in its cognitive, psychological and especially sensual design."
Cine:plom.de
"The gifted Page is on a roll: this new performance will build an international audience."
David D´Arcy, Screen International
"The Canadian independent production ´The Tracey Fragments´ is the highlight on the first day. Young Ellen Page delivers a fantastic tour de force. ... McDonald succeeds - also thanks to the fantastic Ellen Page - in mirroring the inner state of his heroine cinematically. An outstanding, deeply disturbing film that never betrays its subject."
Christian Ihle, TAZ blog
"This is Bruce McDonald. Very small, very big."
Julian Bauer, Schnitt Magazin
"Bruce McDonald establishes a unity where the individual elements form a symbiosis and actually allow for a very intense viewing experience. This also has to do with Ellen Page´s presence, who is virtually a gravitational field that prevents this cinematic centrifuge from tearing apart. The film goes beyond normality during these skillfully done sequences."
Christoph Mayerl, perlentaucher.de
On the Berlinale Competition: "Of course you can always suspect that film production worldwide didn´t have anything else to offer this spring, but if you look at the other sections you can see there were also films with a completely different approach other than the constant good-natured desire to produce art and the struggle for a good cause. The panorama opening film ´The Tracey Fragments´ by Bruce McDonald, for example, ... could have brought a breath of fresh air to the competition."
Michael Althen, FAZ