Courageous

Nathan Rabin

Courageous deifies fatherhood and fathers when it would be better off treating its central striver like a flawed human being instead of a paper saint. ( Read More )

Courageous literally preaches to the converted, delivering ham fisted messages of responsibility to the most receptive audience possible. ( Read More )

Nick Schager

A belligerent and hokey sermon on faith and family, Courageous preaches ad nauseum about the intertwined values of cherishing God and being a devoted, active father. ( Read More )

Roger Moore

But the bigger message might be that the Kendricks havent sold out, gone Hollywood or watered down their Baptist beliefs based on efforts to reach an audience beyond the faithful.That is what makes them inspiring to legions of other faith based filmmakers, even though, as this myopic movie demonstrates, it is also holding them back. ( Read More )

Sandie Angulo Chen

In some ways, this is the best film produced to date by Kendrick and the other filmmakers at Sherwood Baptist Church. ( Read More )