In writing this over view I will be giving you a small back ground on Sherwood Pictures as well as the critics review of the movie. For a while now I’ve been keeping up to date with the works that Sherwood is releasing, their up lifting family friendly films are touching the lives of families and people all over the world.
The church began tossing around the idea of producing films after a behind the scenes tour of the Disney “Imagineers”. When seeing the commitment to excellence of a secular agency they became challenged and asked themselves: If a secular company can be this committed to excellence, why can’t the church of Jesus Christ? Since beginning production they have produced and published four full length films: Facing the Giants, Flywheel, Fireproof, and Courageous.
The latest film, Courageous has gotten mixed reviews from believers and non-believers. Over all on the popular review site Rotten Tomatoes the movie got a 92% “audience liked it” rating to the 35% critic rating. While the critic reviews referred to the message as “dogmatic” the overall rating by fans was 92% and those numbers don’t lie. To read more of the Rotten Tomatoes review and comments visit http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/courageous/
Over all in a overly secularized world a movie such as this will only hit home with most critics as “preachy and overly simplistic”. However The Hollywood Reported called the film the “most ambitious effort from Sherwood Pictures”. Later stating that while many non-Christian audiences will find the movie “proselytizing” but later stated “these enterprising Baptist filmmakers clearly know their audience”, to read more of this review visit http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/courageous-film-review-242705
“Over all the Christian world praised this film for doing for fatherhood what Fireproof did for marriage.” http://www.movieguide.org/reviews/movie/courageous.html “With each new release from the Kendrick brothers, the films seem to be getting progressively better.” http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2011/courageous2011.html “Courageous is worth supporting. It’s a Cinderella industry story as these Sherwood Baptist Church guys achieve box office notoriety with each new movie.” http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/courageous-movie-review-goodwyn.aspx “I already considered myself a good dad. After watching this movie, I want to be a great dad. Sherwood Baptist Church hits another home run with this fantastic film! It is remarkable and inspiring.” http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=8081#
These are just a few reviews among many! There are mixed reviews from both crowds. Over all the message of hope for a future and a call to better fathering is an inspiring movement worth checking out. I challenge everyone to watch Courageous for themselves and make your own opinion. Go into it open minded and see what comes of watching it. Christian or not this movie is worth watching and who knows you might just learn something.
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