Only the Brave review – Jeff Bridges firefighter drama only just heats up

The tragic true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots gets a starry and often powerful treatment but suffers from flashes of overly sentimental cliche

Only the Brave is the latest from Joseph Kosinski, the architect turned director behind such emotionally closed yet visually stunning films as Tron: Legacy and Oblivion. It’s about firefighters in the American south-west, and this may lead you to think this will be a movie with flat characters but loads of thrilling special effects. It’s actually a bit of the reverse.

Related: The Mountain Between Us review – Kate Winslet and Idris Elba heat up snowy romance

Continue reading...

from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2yaovUu