Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local It balances the authentic with the cinematic rather nicely, and while the first hour or so of the movie feels riddled with cliches, as a Audience Reviews for Only the Brave. John gives his quick review of the new movie Only The Brave, the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Only The Brave synopsis: Through hope, determination, sacrifice and the drive to protect families and communities, the Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite firefighting.

Review: Nuanced 'Only the Brave' is powerful, heartbreaking. What makes the terrific "Only the Brave" such a powerful movie is its abject rejection of them. The story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the elite group of firefighters based in Prescott, easily could have been told about a group of.

Only the Brave

A well-told movie about true events. Only the Brave is a movie directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges. The movie is essentially a biography about the the rise of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and how they come together to put their entire. Only the Brave follows the same pattern ("What's it like to be an elite wildfire squad?") and only if you know that it's based on a true story do you realise Much of the movie is as blunt as the title suggests, and Kosinski leans into it in the third act. But when you've got as keen an eye as he does, plus a. Only the Brave is meandering and picaresque, sometimes to its own detriment.

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Oftentimes it plays out like a condensed season of television, a format for Only the Brave feels like a film that would have made sense coming from Peter Berg or Michael Bay, but Kosinski mostly pulls back on the macho. Though somewhat uneven at times Joseph Kosinksi's Only the Brave is one of the most respectful and emotionally compelling true story films in recent memory. Blending real-life heroism with awesome disaster-movie spectacle, this portrait of the Granite Mountain Hotshots deservedly "Only the Brave" is the true story of one such handcrew, the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and their journey from a local Arizona firefighting team to.

In the end, Only the Brave is definitely a slow watch at times and its run time is slightly longer than the material needs it to be, but when it's slow it also takes its time to emotionally invest I know it's not the best review relating to the actors or anything but it's a real what the movie made me feel type review. Only the Brave makes for a straightforward, but meaningful salute to real-world heroism, thanks to its strong performances and sturdy direction. On the same weekend that Geostorm blasts into theaters with its cartoonish levels of destruction and mayhem (Rio has an Arctic freeze! Moscow melts!), Only the Brave reminds us that there are plenty of real-life natural disasters that are infinitely more frightening and.