Courageous (2011) Reviews & Ratings

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Courageous reviews

Courageous holds a 7.6/10 average from 432 TMDB ratings.

Courageous (2011) follows the blueprint of Alex Kendrick’s previous film, Fireproof — only with cops instead of firefighters and “The Resolution” instead of “The Love Dare” — and takes it to unadvisable extremes. The movie’s thesis is established in an early scene in which a “study on the increase in violent gang activity” is cited. “In almost every case, each gang member had a similar attribute … most of them came…
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Law enforcement officers Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the streets have to offer with confidence and focus. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God... and to their children?

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