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  Review by Sean Fennessey ★★★★ 17

  A sturdy, sincere, deceptively complex, and sad movie. Every actor is locked in, a who's who of men (Bridges, Brolin, Teller, Kitsch) who pay the bills with IP but hunt for stories about dignified underdogs battling nature and God and their own personal shortcomings. Kosinski's sanded-and-buffed style—architected, geometric images and sci-fi-forged utopic visions—mingles in an unusual way with the inherent chaos of a film engulfed in flames. Early on, Jennifer Connelly heals a wounded horse in a not-so-subtle but helpful metaphor for the damaged men who jump into the fire for pay and honor. It's all about these guys, the Granite Mountain Hotshots, but also about the way generations support and fail each other, the way opioids and meth hollowed…

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  Review by Jack Lindberg ★★★★ 7

  Goodnight moon...
  

  insanely refreshing to see that peter berg and mark wahlberg had no involvement in this...

  because it's 100% something they would make.

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★½ 4

  Who knew the guy who made TRON: LEGACY was a better Peter Berg than the real thing?

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  Review by jpark ★★★★ 6

  A lesser directorial effort would've gone all in on the macho cheerleading and humdrum patriotism that so often plagues these based-on-true-story films; but Joseph Kosinski impressively tells a story that is deeply emotional and genuinely effecting, as a story about these hero firefighters ought to be. Instead of musing endlessly about the heroic nature of the job, zeroing in on the local populace's adoration and the sacrifices these men proudly made (which aren't bad things, just often mishandled in movies); the movie really makes an effort to feature the technicalities of being a firefighter, particularly one who fights wildfires. The politics of rank and department, the strategies for containing and eliminating risk, the imposing conditioning required for the job; it's…

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  Review by Alor ★★★★★

  I'm in so much pain right now. This movie has just absolutely destroyed me, i have no words

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  Review by josh lewis ★★★ 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  still unsure how much of this is genuinely good and how much is just heavy-lifting by an unbelievable story, carried over the finish line by a charismatic cast and some gorgeous photography but hey it's made me cry twice. recommended if you're looking for a movie starring josh brolin where most of the cast suddenly dies in the final minutes and it's actually moving.

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  Review by christian d ★★★★ 11

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  in the top 3 of my "movies that make me weep like a little baby" list. there's a scene where miles teller walks into a gymnasium and holy fucking shit, i completely broke down.

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  Review by andy levy ★★★★ 2

  anyone who thinks joseph kosinksi was just some kind of "there to make the trains run on time" director of 'top gun: maverick' needs to watch this asap. everyone else should watch it asap simply because it's great

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  Review by Mike Torchic ★★★★½ 2

  The main reason I wanted to go see this film was because of the director, Joseph Kosinski. I had really enjoyed his past two directorial efforts (Tron Legacy and Oblivion) and was interested to see how he would work outside the sci-fi genre. Needless to say, my expectations were exceeded.

  Only the Brave is an emotional yet uplifting film that will leave you with a heavy heart.

  The film follows the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a firefighter group based in Arizona who tragically perished in the Yarnell Hill Fire in June of 2013. The film spends a lot of time building these characters, informing you about their job, and making you sympathize with what they're doing. The…

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  Review by Fritz Lewis ★★★★

  The last 20 minutes or so alone are swooning as hell.
  They make this film what it is,.
  Even if the core acts of it are a bit cliche, they still build characters that we care enough about to make the (real life) climax mean so much.

  Kosinski really needs to make more movies.

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  Review by Baby Bam ★★★★ 1

  the amount of tears i cried could put out a mountain fire

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  Review by Brian Formo ★★★½ 5

  My sister was a Hotshot firefighter for five years. In two of those years she was the only woman in the entire country that had that elite wildfire position. The other years there was one or two other women, total. Her husband is still a Hotshot. They met on the line in an Arizona crew. She had to quit when she became pregnant. Two-thirds of the year now she's basically a single working mother. It would make sense for him to go to the structure side but he loves the work. He grew up in Prescott and knew a few of the crew depicted in this film. The economic hardship of this lifestyle is immense. You are not a full…