Review of Only the Brave (2017) by Calvin C — 21 Oct 2017

In the world we live in today, it seems like barely get those pro-American, real heroes type of stories. This movie is the ultimate true heroes story. The film tells the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite crew of firefighters who perished while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013. The first hour shows how the men train to be certified and their everyday life struggles. The main stories involve Josh Brolin and Miles Teller. Brolin is a the captain of the crew. Teller plays a drug addict who tires to get his life together after learning he is having a daughter. As the movie progresses, we find out that the Brolin character has more in common with the Teller character. The crew is filled with your normal clichés like the loudmouth, the prankster, the religious one, and the cocky one. But it is Jennifer Connelly that has one of the best roles. She could have easily played that concerned wife that we always see, but the movie gives her a real backstory. There is a reason why her character takes in injured horses and why her and her husband has they type of marriage they had. Miles Teller is also engaging as a man trying to fix his life. Teller, Brolin, and Connelly are the backbone of this movie. When they show the actual men who lost their lives next to the actors who played them, it is uncanny how they got actors to look exactly like them. If you want unbridled heroism and patriotism, this movie will do the trick.

GRADE: A-.