Fracture
'Does it bother you that I call you "Willy"?', Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) demands of prosecuting attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling). Gosling/Beachum laughs and shakes his head. No. 'Very well then, Willy' Hopkins teases out every ounce of absurdity in the name. A boy's name, not a name for a high-powered attorney, surely? The two men don't actually pull down their trousers and compare sizes, but there's that too, in the background. Crawford is a brilliant engineer, wealthy, drives a...
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