Synopsis
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
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Cast
- Jonathan MajorsJesse Brown
- Glen PowellThomas J. Hudner Jr.
- Christina JacksonDaisy Brown
- Thomas SadoskiDick Cevoli
- Daren KagasoffBill Koenig
- Joe JonasMarty Goode
- Spencer NevilleBo Lavery
- Nick HargroveCarol Mohring
- Boone PlattBuddy Gill
- Dean DentonCaptain Sisson
Recommendations
- 75
The Playlist
The film comes to life when Majors and Powell are in the air. Dillard and cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt make the sky feel vast and alive, threatening to swallow up Jesse and Tom at any moment. Along with the film’s thrilling flight scenes, Majors is the biggest draw of Devotion, showcasing his distinctly masculine vulnerability to portray a man as strong as he is silent. - 70
Vanity Fair
Devotion is thoroughly well-executed, but it’s rousing when Majors gets to play outside the box and show you something new. - 70
Film Threat
This drama is about a real war, actual people, and things that matter. While it probably won’t make a billion dollars at the box office, for my money, a true story well told in a heartfelt way is invaluable and important. - 70
Variety
Director JD Dillard dazzles with see-it-in-Imax airborne sequences, but the meat of the film focuses on the friendship between Brown (“Da 5 Bloods” star Jonathan Majors) and his white wingman, played by Glen Powell, the “Hidden Figures” actor who most recently appeared in “Top Gun: Maverick.” - 70
Screen Rant
Devotion soars when least expected and is brought to life by its talented ensemble cast. - 60
The Guardian
Training its crosshair on the ingrained prejudice of the military and the question of how well-meaning white allies can best support its undoing, the film compensates for relatively middling action set pieces with a stolid maturity. - 60
Slashfilm
Devotion is far more interested in what's happening on earth rather than in the sky. It's a character drama with occasional bursts of action, and while there's certainly nothing wrong with that, the film ends up rather muddled. You can see the bones of something greater here, and Dillard remains a filmmaker worth paying attention to. - 58
IndieWire
Devotion can be stiff and hackneyed at the best of times — it’s nothing if not a war movie that has seen too many other war movies — but it lifts a few inches off the ground whenever it locks in on the loneliness that Brown must have felt as he flew towards an aircraft carrier whose landing signal officer may have wanted him to crash, or soared in formation with people who might have been happy to shoot him down.
