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MOVIE REVIEW

Jodie Foster reestablishes claim as one of our greatest working actors

Foster shines brightest among four strong leads

By Ty Burr

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 13, 2012

***1/2 Carnage Yasmina Reza’s “The God of Carnage’’ isn’t a great play and this is hardly Roman Polanski’s finest hour, but the schematic tale of two upscale couples descending into savagery as they discuss a fight between their young sons is good, stinging fun, and the performances are wonderful. John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and the peerless Jodie Foster star. (79 min., R) (Ty Burr)

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