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Courage Under Fire
Directed by
Edward Zwick
R
1996
1h 56m
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A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.
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Cast of Courage Under Fire
Denzel Washington
Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Meg Ryan
Captain Karen Emma Walden
Lou Diamond Phillips
Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
Michael Moriarty
Brigadier General Hershberg
Matt Damon
Ilario
Bronson Pinchot
Bruno
Seth Gilliam
Stephen Altameyer
Regina Taylor
Meredith Serling
Željko Ivanek
Banacek
Scott Glenn
Gartner
Tim Guinee
Rady
Tim Ransom
Boylar
Sean Astin
Patella
Armand Darrius
Robins
Mark Adair-Rios
Bobcat 5
Ned Vaughn
Chelli
Manny Perez
Jenkins
David McSwain
Egan
Sean Patrick Thomas
Thompson
Ken Jenkins
Joel Walden
Courage Under Fire Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
What emerges may not be quite as cut-and-dried as the movie's structure sometimes implies.
Epoch Times
Mark Jackson
If a woman in command has wounded soldiers that need protecting from enemy forces, and her maternal instinct kicks in-look out.
Newsweek
David Ansen
Washington, subtle, moving and charismatic, anchors the movie...Zwick's movie is solid, honorable and well crafted, but when all the veils have dropped and the mysteries solved, it feels tidier and more melodramatic than it promised.
Common Sense Media
Charles Cassady
Military drama deploys plenty of violence, swearing.
Variety
Variety Staff
A carefully conceived, dramatically honorable picture that treats its subject with clarity and intelligence, especially by contemporary standards.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
Denzel Washington gives as fine a performance as I have seen him give.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
A provocative film with Oscar caliber performances. (published 7-19-96)
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Despite its underlying predictability, Courage Under Fire manages warmth, intelligence and a healthy share of surprises.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
I wasn't particularly moved or riveted with suspense.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
A fascinating mystery mixed with war action.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Courage Under Fire honors its subject and its audience.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
While its re-creation of combat is not Courage Under Fire's most involving aspect, the film succeeds in making the Gulf War seem more of a real event than all the footage shipped back on CNN could.
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Part Rashomon, part The Caine Mutiny, the first major-studio film to deal with 1991's Desert Storm not only captures the terror of battle but also its wrenching aftermath.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The end of the film understandably lays on the emotion a little heavily, but until then Courage Under Fire has been a fascinating emotional and logistical puzzle.
Austin Chronicle
Alison Macor
Courage Under Fire does an admirable job of trying to capture the often painful process of soldiers trying to make sense of their experiences upon their return from the war.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Steven Rosenblum's editing is excellent, smoothly uniting present and past, articulating individual scenes alertly.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A downright entertaining combo or mystery, melodrama and action adventure.
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