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"It's not every day you see one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood play a tough soldier who endures the unthinkable. No surprise, then, that we were mesmerized by Kristen Stewart's intense performance in new movie Camp X-Ray, which just had its Sundance premiere.\n\nA drama directed by Peter Sattler, the film is about detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the American guards who are stationed there. Enter Kristen Stewart, starring as the young, determined Amy Cole, a small-town girl who enlisted in the Army and is dispatched to serve at the controversial U.S. prison in Cuba.\n\nWithin one of the first scenes, her character takes an elbow to the face and is spit on by a detainee. \"Do not let these guys know anything about you,\" her boss yells at her. She eventually forms an unlikely friendship with a detainee, Ali Amir (who charmingly loves Harry Potter, which is one of the ways they bond). Her newfound friend causes problems with her army bosses and she retreats to her room each day with anguish.\n\nWe've never seen the Twilight alum do anything like this, and her performance is truly eye-opening. It's a refreshing reminder that young stars are best served by branching out into surprising new territory, even when, like with Camp X-Ray, the work may never reach wider audiences. (Insider info: Sundance movies don't always get distribution deals.) Kristen took a risk with this role, and if nothing else, she's proving to her fellow actors and to movie critics alike that she's ready for the next big step in her career.\n\nWe're eager to see what 2014 brings for Kristen\u2014she's certainly off to a great start."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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