Courageous
The movie follows four law enforcement officers as a tragedy that strikes close to home leaves them wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. And together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.
28 October 1997
October 31, 2011
Despite violence, Christian fatherhood drama is uplifting.
October 03, 2011
The many topics raised - gangs, drugs, immigration, absentee parents, poverty - are examined with didacticism and platitudes instead of by mining their inherent complexities.
October 01, 2011
Courageous literally preaches to the converted, delivering ham-fisted messages of responsibility to the most receptive audience possible.
October 08, 2011
Yeah, it's still a preach-to-the-choir movie, but this choir doesn't really see itself on the big screen very often, so don't begrudge them a film where the action hero cop stops and prays for guidance before big gun battle. It happens.
January 06, 2013
A significant step backward for those movie making preachers at Sherwood...
October 03, 2011
It takes a certain touch to pull it off, and here, the serviceable cast just doesn't have it in them.
October 02, 2011
Overplotted and understructured, "Courageous" is a slog to get through at 130 minutes.
December 30, 2011
Nicely produced, but the converted are more likely to be impressed than the skeptical.
October 01, 2011
Fails to answer the more pressing question of why religious sagas such as this treat subtlety as a sin.
October 03, 2011
Sadly, this particular Gospel is not very good.
October 02, 2011
Devolves into over-the-top drama and a suffocating heavy-handedness.
