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Overview

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6.9/10   26,673 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Roderick Taylor (screenplay) &
Bruce A. Taylor (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 September 2007 (USA) more
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How many wrongs to make it right?
Plot:
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(64 articles)
Payback is making a comeback
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)

It's Kind of a Funny Story Cast Rounded Out
 (From MovieWeb. 2 November 2009, 12:39 PM, PST)

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Jodie Foster Alone more (251 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality.
Runtime:
122 min | Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Not your typical product placement: In the scene where Mercer visits Erica's apartment, a container of Israeli-produced sea salt is visible showing the Hebrew-language side to the camera. The Hebrew words melekh-yam (sea salt) can be seen. This is a product not widely available in the US, only through speciality and kosher stores, so perhaps it was purchased by a set dresser near the Brooklyn studios. more
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Continuity: In the scene where Erica comes home from the hospital, as she walks into the room, her clock shows 5:12. Just after she sits on the bed, it shows 11:36. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Erica: [voiceover, doing her radio show] I'm Erica Bain. And as *you* know, I walk the city. I bitch and moan about it. I walk and watch and listen, a witness to all the beauty and ugliness that is disappearing from our beloved city. Last week took me to the gray depths of the East River where Dmitri Panchenko swims his morning laps...
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FAQ

What is the music from the trailer?
I saw this movie and loved the song they played in the beginning and end but can't find it anywhere!! Anyone know what it's called? (Not the song from the trailer but in the actual movie.)
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104 out of 146 people found the following comment useful.
Jodie Foster Alone, 29 September 2007
8/10
Author: Donald Agustamarian from London, England

A genre movie directed by an artist, Neil Jordan in this particular case. That is a formula that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. This time does, big time and I suspect it has to do with the artist behind the camera leaving the artist in front of the camera to her own devices and we all know that Jodie Foster's devices can be miraculous sometimes. The anguishing feel of solitude permeates Jodie's performance that's why I imagine Neil Jordan leaving her alone. Her decisions, I mean the character's and the actress's, seem to have been taken without consulting anyone. They are as pure as they are insane. I predict Miss Foster will be up for her third Oscar unless a miracle happens in the next three months. Well done!

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