She gives a top - to - bottom bravura performance as a grieving mother antagonizing the town's cops until they find a lead on her daughter's killer, burying her pain under a thick mantle layer of pure rage. (vulture.com)
In what really could be considered a leading role (and might very well turn out to be), Banks holds her own in a film that features two bravura performances by Paul Dano and John Cusack. (awardsdaily.com)
German - American actress Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) gives a bold, bravura performance in writer - director Fatih Akins» occasionally conventional but always compelling revenge - rattled new film, In the Fade. (tasteofcinema.com)