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Review

The Brave One

Directed by: Neil Jordan

Written by: Roderick Taylor,Bruce A. Taylor, and Cynthia Mort

Starring: Jodie Foster,Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt, and Mary Steenburgen

At: Boston Common, Fenway, Boston, and suburbs

Running time: 122 min.

Rated: R (strong violence, language, and some sexuality)

**1/2

"The Brave One" serves us Jodie Foster as we've rarely seen her: blissfully well adjusted and in a skirt. She practically skips through the film's Manhattan locations in sneakers like the girl she never got to play when she was an actual girl. Her character, Erica Bain, hosts a radio talk show and is crazy in love with a handsome doctor (Naveen Andrews). When they ...

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