The Brave One (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Neil Jordan |
| Produced by | Susan Downey Joel Silver |
| Written by | Roderick Taylor Bruce A. Taylor Cynthia Mort |
| Starring | Jodie Foster Naveen Andrews Terrence Howard |
| Music by | Dario Marianelli Sarah McLachlan |
| Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
| Editing by | Tony Lawson |
| Studio | Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | September 14, 2007 (US) October 11, 2007 (AUS) |
| Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million[1] |
| Box office | $69,787,663[1] |
The Brave One is a 2007 crime-drama/psychological thriller film directed by Neil Jordan, produced by Joel Silver, and starring Jodie Foster. It was released in the United States on September 14, 2007. The film earned Foster a Golden Globe nomination for leading actress in a drama.
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[edit] Plot
As radio show host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) and her Indian fiancé David (Naveen Andrews) are walking their dog at Stranger's Gate in New York's Central Park, they are attacked by three violent criminals. David dies from his injuries, but Erica survives. Angry and traumatized, she attempts to purchase a gun. Unwilling to wait the month required to obtain a notice of approval, she acquires a pistol illegally, and is drawn into a world of vigilantism, killing random criminals and attempting to track down the thugs who killed David.
She strikes up a friendship with Detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard), who is investigating the vigilante crimes and initially unaware of her role in the deaths, though over the course of the film he comes to suspect her as the killer. At the climax of the film, she finds and confronts the thugs responsible for the murder of David. She kills two, finding and releasing her dog in the process and struggles with the third. Mercer arrives on the scene and has the thug go prone. Erica then retrieves her weapon and attempts to execute the thug. Mercer convinces Erica to lower the gun, but hands her his own in order for her to use a legal weapon to kill the last thug.
She does and Mercer then instructs her to shoot him in the shoulder so he can make up a story that the thugs were the ones who went on the vigilante killing spree, until he tracked them down, the gunshot being a result of the confrontation. He places Erica's gun in the last thug's dead hand and Erica leaves the scene, eventually being rejoined by her dog.
[edit] Cast
- Jodie Foster as Erica Bain
- Naveen Andrews as David Kirmani
- Terrence Howard as Detective Sean Mercer
- Nicky Katt as Detective Vitale
- Zoë Kravitz as Chloe
- Mary Steenburgen as Carol
- Jane Adams as Nicole
- Dana Eskelson as Sketch Artist
- Julia Garro as Shauna Nelson
[edit] Release
[edit] Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of September 2008 on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, 43 percent of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 175 reviews.[2] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 56 out of 100, based on 33 reviews.[3] Yahoo! movie ratings give it a "B-" from critics (14 reviews).
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 31⁄2 stars (out of 4); saying Foster and Howard "are perfectly modulated in the kinds of scenes difficult for actors to play, where they both know more than they're saying, and they both know it."[4]
[edit] Box office
In its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, the film was #1 at the box office, grossing US$13,471,488 in 2,755 theaters.[5] As of December 29, 2007, the film has grossed $69,675,545 worldwide—$36,793,804 in the United States and Canada and $32,881,741 in other territories.[1]
[edit] Awards and nominations
The film received one Golden Globe nomination when the nominees for the 65th Golden Globe Awards were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Foster was nominated for Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The Brave One (2007)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=braveone.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ "The Brave One - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brave_one/. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ "Brave One, The (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/braveone. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
- ^ Roger Ebert Review
- ^ "The Brave One (2007) - Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=braveone.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ "HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION 2008 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007". goldenglobes.org. 2007-12-13. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071214020838/http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/81. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- The Brave One at the Internet Movie Database
- The Brave One at AllRovi
- The Brave One at Box Office Mojo
- The Brave One at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Brave One at Metacritic
- The Brave One "Restricted" Trailer - Film trailer at IGN.com
- DVD Talk on The Brave One
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