| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...entertaining if absurd..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...spellbinding." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...the work of first-rate filmmakers and actors doing everything they can to find the truth in the pulp and the bloodlust." more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"Along with dialogue that strains to be poetic, the tone of the film is operatic and overreaching." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"Everything about Foster's ocular intensity is riveting, but little in this hushed vigilante drama makes sense." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Jason Morgan |
"...The Brave One sensationalizes and embraces the violence that should drive its themes rather than its box office appeal." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"Jodie Foster has a good shot at awards recognition in this flawed but still disturbing vigilante drama." more... |
B |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"...less a brave movie than a foolhardy one." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...an awkward concept put over by Jodie Foster's award-caliber performance and expert direction by Neil Jordan." more... |
B |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"The Brave One, though well cast and smoothly directed, is just as crude and ugly as you want it to be." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a smart and thought-provoking motion picture that re-examines a genre without violating its conventions." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"The Brave One is Death Wish with art house pretensions and a classier cast and director, Neil Jordan." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Andy Spletzer |
"Coincidences run rampant in the script, making New York feel like a small town." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Foster does her best with a flawed story whose ending rings even less true than the rest of it." more... |
B- |
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