The Brave - Johnny Depp - (1997) DVD

An unemployed alcoholic Native American Indian lives on a trailer park with his wife and two children. Convinced that he has nothing to offer this world, he agrees to be tortured to death by a gang of rednecks in return for $50,000.

Before I saw this film I knew that it was the only film which Johnny Depp had directed. After seeing it, I can add 'unfortunately' to the beginning of the fact. In every film that he's been in, never mind the quality of the film itself, Johnny Depp has always given a wonderful performance. As a director, he is no different. The Brave is truly outstanding.

How do I describe this film? It's impossibly really. All I can say is ... wow. Every actor is great. It's often hard to get good child actors, but here they definitely did. Johnny Depp is fantastic as usual, the wife is brilliant too. I don't think that there is a single performance that I would criticize.

With the film, I did something that I've never done before - I didn't move for the last 10 or 20 minutes, and when it was over, I just sat through the credits completely in shock, crying. I even stayed in front of the DVD menu for a while afterwards, completely still. How anyone can call this film 'boring' is beyond me. Heartbreaking, uncomfortable, yes, but it is far from boring. Everyone should watch The Brave if they have the chance, but don't expect to go away smiling.

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