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Article: Unglued.(The Brave One)(Movie review)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- October 16, 2007
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NEIL JORDAN'S The Brave One has a lacerating opening section. Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is a New York disc jockey who dedicates her radio show to the neglected or vanishing splendors of the city she adores. One evening she and her fiance (Naveen Andrews, of TV's Lost) are mugged while walking their dog in Central Park; he's killed and she winds up in a coma. When she wakes up, she undergoes a period of agoraphobia and afterward keeps a protective psychological shield around herself whenever she ventures forth. Another character, observing her on a subway, says she's "locked down."
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