Elizabeth Banks has one of her best roles to date in A Mistake , the New Zealand-set medical drama that had its world premiere Friday night at the Tribeca Festival. It might be easy to forget Banks is one of the best actors out there especially since she is known also these days as a director (most recently Cocaine Bear) and even game show host ( Press Your Luck), but as her most recent acting work in films like The Beanie Bubble and Call Jane also again prove she has real acting chops and always had. Therefore it is nice to see her sink her teeth into a major lead role in an intense but understated and dedicated turn as a brilliant and confident surgeon who finds one routine mistake during an operation spirals out of control,and in the process her life becomes a mess making her question just exactly who she really is, as well as her connection to the human beings who surround her.
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