The Brave One

I watched The Brave One over the weekend. I'm not a huge Jodie Foster fan (sacrilege for a lesbian I know), but I enjoyed this. Which surprised me as I had read mixed reviews.

So why did I like it?

I like action movies
I like the idea of a strong, revenge seeking, woman
Jodie Foster is very cute in a tight t-shirt and jeans

I also liked it because it explored, very well I thought, the anger that can lead us to do things we might not otherwise do. The compulsion to act out of character, and how we can hate ourselves for doing it. But we don't stop doing it. Until we have to for the sake of our sanity.

Jodie Foster is a talented actor, of that there is no doubt, she brings intellectual depth to many of her roles and she portrayed the 'hero' in this movie just right. Perhaps I need to revise my opinion of Ms Foster.............

The Brave One. Not Oscarworthy, but definitely worthy of a look..........