These people aren’t cardboard do-gooders they’ve got complicated pasts, and they’re haunted by regrets, and they have wants and needs and real dimension.”īilge Ebiri of The Village Voice: “ never loses sight of the strange magnificence of his subject. “He also happens to have a swinging cowboy band called The Rusty Pistols.”Īlonso Duarte of The Wrap: “In an era where the words ‘based on a true story’ can give seasoned filmgoers a sinking feeling… this is a film where the complications and messiness of reality add genuine heft to the drama… Once Only the Brave takes a turn that makes its characters more vivid, it becomes clear that that the genuine life-and-death stakes of a firefighter’s life will intrude upon the story what starts out as old-fashioned and rah-rah becomes, by the final scenes, genuinely devastating and intensely poignant. “He’s sort of an elder statesman, or maybe a father figure, to Josh Brolin’s character, Eric Marsh, and the guys kind of look up to him,” says Bridges.
It was something that resonated with me I liked the idea of the giving of one’s self to preserve something for someone else, even in the face of danger.”īridges - cover guy for our November/December 2017 issue - portrays Prescott Wildland fire chief Duane Steinbrink, the cowboy whose unpolished dignity and battle-hardened wisdom make him a mentor for Eric Marsh. When I was in my 20s, I fought fires for three years with a volunteer fire department in Arizona. “I had a personal reaction to this story. “It’s a story of everyday heroes,” says Brolin, who plays crew superintendent Eric Marsh. As most others ran from danger, they ran toward it, risking everything to save a town from a historic wildfire. But many critics already have filed their reviews - and the consensus is clear: This is a must-see movie.īased on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, Only the Brave details the exploits of a local firefighting crew that became one of the most elite firefighting teams in the nation, and courageously battled against the 2013 Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona.
Only the Brave, director Joseph Kosinski’s fact-based drama starring C&I reader favorites Josh Brolin and Jeff Bridges, opens Friday at theaters across North America. Advance reviews indicate director Joseph Kosinski’s true-life drama is a must-see movie.
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