Synopsis
Law enforcement officers Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the streets have to offer with confidence and focus. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God... and to their children?
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Cast
- Ken BevelNathan Hayes
- Alex KendrickAdam Mitchell
- Kevin DownesShane Fuller
- Renee JewellVictoria Mitchell
- Rusty MartinDylan Mitchell
- Lauren EtchellsEmily Mitchell
- Ben DaviesDavid Thomson
- Robert AmayaJavier Martinez
- Angelita NelsonCarmen Martinez
- Taylor HutchersonJade Hayes
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Courageous reveals the duo's growing expertise as filmmakers with its skillful blending of moving drama, subtle comedy and several impressive action sequences, including a well-staged foot chase and a harrowing shootout between the cops and bad guys. - 70
Variety
Moviegoers devoted to faith-based fare will flock to megaplexes for Courageous, easily the most polished production so far from brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the prolific and increasingly accomplished filmmaking pastors at the Sherwood Church of Albany, Ga. - 50
Slant Magazine
Even the logos for the companies involved in its making (Sherwood Films and Affirm Films) and distribution (TriStar Pictures) scream that this will be a message from on high. - 50
Boston Globe
For all Kendrick's stolidity, he delivers a couple of wrenchingly tender scenes. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
How you like Courageous - an overtly Christian-targeted production about four police officers learning lessons about God and family - will likely mirror how you view church: It's either an overlong ordeal filled with talky sermonizing or an uplifting communion with your deity and values. - 50
The New York Times
For now, though, Mr. Kendrick will have to settle for being a good enough filmmaker, content to preach to the choir. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Courageous, proves a particularly clunky, tunnel-visioned vehicle whose overbearing, overlong script nearly smothers the movie's quibble-free message. - 38
Orlando Sentinel
The message delivered isn't subtle, with Kendrick delivering toss-away lines that suggest he doesn't even tolerate "the option" of divorce. But the bigger message might be that the Kendricks haven't sold out, "gone Hollywood" or watered down their Baptist beliefs based on efforts to reach an audience beyond the faithful.
