Movie review
September 22, 2019 · 99 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Fractured.
Woke representation / casting
Lead family uses white actors consistent with the contemporary American road-trip premise; one supporting doctor role goes to a Black performer in a setting-appropriate hospital position with no visible signaling or emphasis.
Woke political dialogue
A few scenes show routine hospital check-in delays and bureaucracy that heighten distrust, but these function purely as plot mechanics with no explicit ideological arguments or activist language.
Identity-driven story themes
Narrative centers on family trauma, grief, alcoholism, and perception versus reality; zero elements involve race, gender, sexuality, or group identity politics.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Hospital procedures appear cold and frustrating to build paranoia, offering mild generic commentary on healthcare access that remains secondary to the personal psychological twist and lacks activist framing around systemic identity issues.
Review
Fractured is a 2019 Netflix psychological thriller directed by Brad Anderson from a script by Alan B. McElroy. A family stops at a roadside rest area where the young daughter breaks her arm in an accident. The father rushes everyone to a nearby hospital, passes out from exhaustion and injury, then wakes to find staff insist his wife and daughter were never checked in, triggering paranoia and doubt about what is real. The story explores personal trauma, denial, and mental fragility through an unreliable narrator with a clear twist ending. No audience-visible identity politics, representation emphasis, or activist messaging appears in the plot, dialogue, or marketing.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. This is an original story.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No reviews, social posts, or news pieces accuse the film of pushing woke, DEI, or identity-politics content; all discussion stays on thriller craft and twist satisfaction.
Creator track record context
Cached profiles show director Brad Anderson at 13/100 and writer Alan B. McElroy at 27/100 with thriller-focused careers and negligible activism; researched producers and second casting director register zero such patterns.
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