The Novice

...it’s hard to deny Fuhrman’s pinch-faced vehemence and the film’s hallucinatory verve.

The lines between character study, psychological thriller and sports drama are blurred...

...it’s Furhman, steadily building Alex from the inside out, even as she’s crumbling around her, that adds the most tension and intensity to the film, offering a fully realized performance...

...Fuhrman delivers a massively intense performance, not only through her physical transformation to convincingly portray an elite rowing athlete, but through her commitment to Alex's mental degradation.