Article: 'The Brave One': Foster shines in so-so thriller: More Photos.(Movie review)

Byline: Jeff Simon

Sep. 13--Jodie Foster has been just about everywhere talking up " The Brave One." She told David Letterman that she's prouder of this avenging vigilante movie than anything else she's done in a long time.

She told Jon Stewart the next night that it pleased her to play a woman who externalized her rage and misery rather than internalized it, drank, went crazy and/ or committed suicide, as is more common.

Any minute now, you can probably expect her to hype it on the Animal Planet network. After all, a stolen dog is a cardinal plot point, as anyone knows who has seen the commercials that have saturated the airwaves for the past month.

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