Courageous

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Courageous

PG-13,

2011,

2h 10m,

Drama

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43%

21 Reviews

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86%

25,000+ Ratings

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43%

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21 Reviews

86%

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25,000+ Ratings

Sheriff's deputy Adam Mitchell (Alex Kendrick) endures a terrible personal tragedy that causes him to question what is really important to him. Taking comfort in his religion, Adam vows to become a better parent to his teenage son (Rusty Martin), and convinces his friends on the force to sign a pledge that they will all strive to become better Christians and better parents. Unfortunately, one of the men's moral compass appears to be broken when it comes to earning some fast money.

Critics Consensus

While the filmmaking is fairly competent, Courageous is overall worthless to anybody who doesn't subscribe to its dogmatic agenda.

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Tom Russo

Boston Globe

Oct 3, 2011

2/4

It takes a certain touch to pull it off, and here, the serviceable cast just doesn't have it in them.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Oct 3, 2011

2/5

The many topics raised - gangs, drugs, immigration, absentee parents, poverty - are examined with didacticism and platitudes instead of by mining their inherent complexities.

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Paul Brunick

New York Times

Oct 2, 2011

2.5/5

Overplotted and understructured, "Courageous" is a slog to get through at 130 minutes.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 18, 2025

4/5

"Courageous" portrays real blue-collar problems and not manufactured/predictable/cynical Hollywood-style "problems" that never create pertinent uncertainty or jeopardy to their characters.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 5, 2020

3.5/4.0

The best film yet from Sherwood Pictures.

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Jun 25, 2018

Most of the characters are well-written and nuanced.

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Oct 11, 2021

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Oct 11, 2021

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Oct 4, 2021

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Alex Kendrick

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Alex Kendrick

Adam Mitchell

Kevin Downes

Shane Fuller

Ben Davies

David Thomson

Rusty Martin

Dylan Mitchell

Ken Bevel

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Synopsis

Sheriff's deputy Adam Mitchell (Alex Kendrick) endures a terrible personal tragedy that causes him to question what is really important to him. Taking comfort in his religion, Adam vows to become a better parent to his teenage son (Rusty Martin), and convinces his friends on the force to sign a pledge that they will all strive to become better Christians and better parents. Unfortunately, one of the men's moral compass appears to be broken when it comes to earning some fast money.

Director: Alex Kendrick
Producer: Stephen Kendrick
Screenwriter: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Sherwood Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violence|Drug Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $461.7K
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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