Kong Ho Meng this is truly a good film for this year so far despite all the shitty films that came out recently. The presentation is really unique and thought-provoking in an artistic way. I find the plot suitable--not too dense which otherwise will make the whole movie too difficult to watch; not too shallow which otherwise would not do justice to the complexity of the medium. Ellen Page is superb here as an actress...she managed to give such a remarkable performance considering her small and gentle physical features. Fitting and powerful soundtrack. Only thing i can criticize is i think the director can enhance the storyflow slightly better to make this a flawless masterpiece of its own genre

MBunge This movie is like a film school editing project that got exposed to gamma rays and turned into a raging behemoth. It's hard not to be impressed by the tremendous level of skill and effort put forth here. I just wish it been for a more worthwhile purpose.Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) is a 15 year old Canadian girl with a whole lot going on. So much so, the screen can barely contain it all and becomes a crazy quilt of individual image boxes, sometimes a dozen or more at a time. It's a visual bombardment clearly meant to overwhelm the viewer. For myself, I just got eye strain. That's because for all the multiplicity of sights and iteration of sounds, for all the non-liner digressions and monologues spoken directed into the camera, neither the story nor the dialog nor the performances here are anything to write home about. The Tracey Fragments has to be evaluated like a gourmet meal. No matter how marvelously prepared or splendidly presented, what ultimately matters is how it tastes and this film is rather bland and unsurprising.Caught up in a stream of Tracey's consciousness, we're flashed back and forth amongst her dysfunctional parents, torments at school, imagined hipster boyfriend, runaway life on the street, cross-dressing therapist, a guy named Lance from Toronto and the disappearance of Tracey's barking younger brother. Sometimes it's reality, sometimes it's fantasy and sometimes it's a mix of the two. But all of the cinematic prestidigitation in the world, and this movie includes almost all of it, can't disguise that there's really nothing all that interesting about Tracey or her life.Maybe there could have been, if this motion picture had stopped running in place long enough to catch its breath. If the barrage of imagery had been limited to, for example, giving us Tracey's impressions and reactions to the things that happen to her or presenting her own self-deluded view of the world next to how things really are, it might have been quite effective. Translating every little thing through a kaleidoscope, however, prevents any individual element of Tracey or her story from shining through. It's impossible to enjoy or be touched by anything about this tale except the exceedingly complicated way it's told. Emphasizing style so totally over substance is not something that connects with me.It's not fun to be negative about something so well made, but sitting through The Tracey Fragments is a chore. I can't call it a bad film because nothing about it has a chance to be either good or bad. Everything is simply overpowered by the ocular frenzy of director Bruce McDonald.

Sophia H Admittedly, I was a bit put off by this film during the beginning five to ten minutes. At first I found the fragmented screen shots during the opening to be a clever play on the title, but when I realized that this was going to last throughout the entire movie, I seriously considered turning off the TV. "Oh great, another one of those laughable, 'uber-artsy' wannabe films." All of those flashing images and spooky voice-overs was like a sensory overload. But once I understood a little more about the characters and what was going on, I was immediately drawn to it.The Tracey Fragments is about a 15 year old girl caught in a struggle between her childhood innocence and the adult world that she will inevitably have to live in (I think everyone can relate to this at least a little bit, and that's what makes this story so interesting). Dealing with parents that don't understand her, feeling self-conscious at school and trying to understand the reality of her emotions is very confusing and overwhelming for her, which is beautifully illustrated by the disjointed, dream-like sequences that show us little pieces of her world.This isn't one of those "sit back and watch" kind of movies-- the twisted plot line and abundant symbolism requires real participation on the viewer's part. I think that's what gives this story some of its magic... you don't just observe the character, you actually get to experience her thought processes. The images can be shocking and disturbing, but it's all done with taste thanks to Ellen Page's phenomenal acting.All in all, I'm glad I suffered through the first few minutes because I came to really enjoy it in the end. I would recommend this to anyone who liked Requiem for a Dream, Thirteen, Memento, and other weirdly awesome movies.

FightOwensFight Arguabley one of the most original films out there... The Tracey Fragments might rely a bit too much on its originality and not enough on the substance. I guarantee that several weeks to several years after you see it, you will remember it for the way fragments of Tracey's world are shown on film... it's impact of the picture in picture style speak loud like an abstract painting... but you will forget what it's about. And for that, The Tracey Fragments ultimately fails - like a star giving it's last bursting glimmer, you never forget the that shine but you will never remember exactly where in the sky it was. Still, I can't not recommend this film - Oh no, I still say you must see it and appreciate it for what it is... A very real and fragmented portrait of a young teenage girl named Tracey who fills life's voids with a mixture of fantasy and reality to make a very rental worthy 77 minute original film thats impact will be both lost and lasting - like every awkward 15 year old nobody you see lost in their own world at the back of the city transit. 6.5/10