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By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 17 Oct 2017

Hollywood loves heroes, and Only the Brave offers up a real-life pantheon…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 17 Oct 2017

It plays like a classic military story about soldiers from various walks of life who bond as brothers…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 16 Oct 2017

So squarely old-fashioned that it’s a little jarring to notice that many of the characters have smartphones…

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By Soren Anderson (264) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 16 Oct 2017

Under the direction of Joseph Kosinski, a large cast headed by Josh Brolin and Miles Teller bring great vitality and sensitivity to their…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 16 Oct 2017

An inspiring and remarkable film tribute to these brave (indeed) men in a job that is often taken for granted, albeit one that puts you through…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 16 Oct 2017

When telling the story of real-life heroes, it’s easy to lapse into clichés…

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By Don Kaye (124) for Den of Geek (424) on 16 Oct 2017

Only the Brave is aimed straight at the heart -- and heartland America -- and what makes it unconventional and, yes, brave, is how traditional…

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By Joe Dziemianowicz (76) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 16 Oct 2017

The pacing is slow and deliberate. Director Joseph Kosinski (“Oblivion”) knows that it takes time to build real relationships and feelings…

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By Joanne Soh (192) for The New Paper (Singapore) (342) on 15 Oct 2017

The performances are noteworthy, but what really stands out are the fires, majestic and horrifying at the same time…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 15 Oct 2017

Knockout work from Josh Brolin and Miles Teller sturdily anchors this sometimes-wobbly firefighter saga based on the 2013 Yarnall Hill disaster…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 12 Oct 2017

Only the Brave is a fitting tribute to the men who fought the Yarnell Hill Fire…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 11 Oct 2017

It’s a straightforward celebration of these heroes’ lives, with a few meaningful revelations along the way, but nothing that will completely…

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By Zachary Shevich (27) for Time Out (7,510) on 11 Oct 2017

Despite the looming threats on display, Kosinski never imbues his movie with a real sense of danger until it’s too late to take the threat…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Oct 2017

Because of its cast of young men being buff and hormonal and good at their jobs, one could say that Only the Brave is the Top Gun of firefighter…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 10 Oct 2017

As the story builds, these characters become richer and more complicated — and the stakes become more deadly — resulting in a movie with…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 10 Oct 2017

The movie is so cautious about avoiding disaster movie tropes that you can practically sense the resistance to arriving at the tragic finale…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for The Guardian (2,969) on 10 Oct 2017

There is a sincere effort to get beneath the facade of what an extremely fit twentysomething firefighter’s life is like…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 10 Oct 2017

It’s a gripping and powerfully emotional portrait of yee-haw heroism, pitting a squad of cocky, calendar-purty white dudes against an adversary…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Oct 2017

Kosinski settles for a simplistic ending, and the film can’t avoid certain narrative predictability, but for all its conventionality, it’s…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Oct 2017

Only the Brave is a visually splendid, spellbinding, and surreal movie that also happens to be an emotionally shattering, over-the-top ugly-cry…

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