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Courageous

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Original title

Courageousaka

AKA

Courageous Legacy

Year

2011

Running time

101 min.

Country

United States

Director

Alex Kendrick

Screenwriter

Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick

Cast

Cinematography

Bob Scott

Producer

TriStar Pictures, Alabama Production Group, Sherwood Pictures

Genre

Drama | Cop Movies

Synopsis

Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures embraces God's promise to "turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers." Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be ... courageous!

Critics' reviews

"One must have the courage to ignore this self-righteous pablum’s naïve, truly offensive trivialization of social realities in this country (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Ed Gonzalez: Slant
"'Courageous' deifies fatherhood and fathers when it would be better off treating its central striver like a flawed human being instead of a paper saint."

Nathan Rabin: AV Club
"[An] skillful blending of moving drama, subtle comedy and several impressive action sequences (...) Non-Christian audiences may be put off by the endless proselytizing on display"

Frank Scheck: The Hollywood Reporter
"Overplotted and understructured, 'Courageous' is a slog to get through at 130 minutes"

Paul Brunick: The New York Times
"It's not that the plot isn't touching or the message inspiring (...) But so much of the film feels like an invitation not just to church but to a very specific kind of Christianity (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Sandie Angulo Chen: Common Sense Media
"[It] proves a particularly clunky, tunnel-visioned vehicle whose overbearing, overlong script nearly smothers the movie’s quibble-free message"

Gary Goldstein: Los Angeles Times
"Stephen Kendrick (...) Alex Kendrick have mastered building suspense, hiding surprises, action beats (chases, shootouts) and even humor, and that makes their latest faith-based drama, a cut and many, many edits above 'Fireproof' (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"

Nando Salvá: Diario El Periódico

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User history

Courageous

2011

Alex Kendrick

4.8

(484)