Pretty Good

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Out of the 5 movies the Kendrick brothers have made thus far, this is my favorite. In my opinion(my have-seen-over-1100-movies opinion), they have not done a better job. The movie's message is how important it is to spend time with your family. The best part-aside from the message-is the humor. It has some of the best humor i have ever seen-mainly the "I love you sir" scenes, as well as the Snake King bit-my Grandma and me were dying at that! I have read reviews that there is "too much religion" in this movie. It's a Christian movie for heaven's sake!(No pun intended.) Hating the references to God is like hating laughs in a comedy or scares in a horror movie! This is one of the best Christian movies I have ever seen and therefore I think you should definitely see it!

Courageous is the story of four deputy sheriffs from Albany, Georgia and a Hispanic day laborer who all agree to become better fathers after one of them loses a daughter to a drunk driver. One of them doesn't quite make it all the way, the four deputies are Ken Bevel, Alex Kendrick, Ben Davies, and Kevin Downes, the laborer is Robert Amaya.The notion here is that fathers ought to become more actively engaged with their kids and the nuclear family is at all times paramount and preferred. Now as we well know families can be derived from a variety of sources and arrangements. This film certainly leaves out same sex couples. But as this is a Christian film we know what the stand on that is.Some decent performances and nice location shooting are Courageous's strongest assets. But I fear this one is for church audiences only.

What could have been a good movie, with a good enough plot/story, good actors and even some good ideas really went downhill at some point. Having a message, a lot of "godly" presence is one thing and can be a good one. But having over half of the movie be about god here and god there, is too much. A good message has to be subtle enough that the viewer doesn't feel like he's being hit over the head again and again with it and being brainwashed. Especially when the summary doesn't say a thing about this movie turning out to be like a church sermon. Definitely not what you'd expect to be watching. So in a nutshell, i wish it had been the same plot but with less preachy stuff.

This movie was doing so well.I was putting up with the religious undertones, but the ending just went way over the top! I certainly wasn't expecting, nor did I appreciate, the preaching at the viewer in the end.It was totally unnecessary, and brought my score from a 9, to barely a 3.People behind this film should remove the cult-like rantings.If they ever want to make real money.And if you think that any publicity is good publicity, ttrust me, in this case.There is no way known that I could, or would, ever recommend this movie to anyone.