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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Brave One - Movie 7


Jodie Foster. Enough said.
For those who need more: Jodie Foster's new movie, The Brave One, is an interesting meditation on the anger and fear that follow after a woman's fiancee is killed in the park by some violent strangers in the park. Apart from the rather implausible ending and the fact that Foster seems incapable of playing a love scene in a convincing manner, there is much to admire in the rest of this movie, which skillfully blends revenge and humor into a coherent whole. There is a lot of violence in this film, but so much so that it comes to seem comic book-like after a while.
Jodie Foster. Enough said.

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