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Brave One, The (2007) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Brave One, The (2007) a score of 2.3639 out of 4

based on (194) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(81)

Good

(82)

Fair

(18)

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Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

In order to sell the concept of taking the law into your own hands there are many social and storytelling issues to overcome in order to make it acceptable. That is, if you want to reach a demographic wider than 11-year old boys who may be all too ready...read the complete Brave One, The (2007) review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster ("The Silence of the Lambs," "The Accused") is quietly but rapidly becoming Hollywood's most bankable and reliable action star, following the success of two star vehicles, "Panic Room" and "Flightplan," and "Inside...read the complete Brave One, The (2007) review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

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Jodie Foster is inevitably being described as a female Charles Bronson in her role as Erica Bain, a New York woman bent on killing the men who brutally attacked her and murdered her fiance in Central Park. Claudia Puig in USA Today dismisses The Brave...read the complete Brave One, The (2007) review at ShowBIZ Data

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Time Out Chicago (Ben Kenigsberg)

Given that you can’t throw a stone in New York without hitting a Starbucks, a Gap or a branch of the gourmet-food chain Citarella, it seems like a perverse time to select NYC for an uncredited remake of Death Wish, with its gritty vision of a city in...read the complete Brave One, The (2007) review at Time Out Chicago (Ben Kenigsberg)