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Only the Brave

2017

Joseph Kosinski

Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Bridges ...

6.4

4,241

Adventure. Action. Drama A drama based on the elite crew of men who battled a wildfire in Prescott, Arizona in June 2013. All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families, communities, and our country become one of the most elite firefighting ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Blending real-life heroism with awesome disaster-movie spectacle, this portrait of the Granite Mountain Hotshots deservedly celebrates the courage to fight wildfires."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The result is a tasteful, well-acted bore, but so out of sync with traditional studio filmmaking it deserves some kudos anyway."	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"As the story builds, these characters become richer and more complicated — and the stakes become more deadly — resulting in a movie with a delayed but no less potent dramatic punch."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An engaging account of a tragic real-life story."	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"So squarely old-fashioned that it’s a little jarring to notice that many of the characters have smartphones."	NEU
United States	Bilge Ebiri Village Voice	"'Only the Brave' is a visually splendid, spellbinding, and surreal movie that also happens to be an emotionally shattering, over-the-top ugly-cry for the ages."	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"The tragic true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots gets a starry and often powerful treatment but suffers from flashes of overly sentimental cliche (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Kosinski settles for a simplistic ending, and the film can’t avoid certain narrative predictability, but for all its conventionality, it’s also brave enough to push against those conventions to find the humanity within its heroes."	POS

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