Unsung Hero

Name: Unsung Hero
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: April 26, 2024
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Angus K. Caldwell, Candace Cameron Bure, Daisy Betts, Diesel La Torraca, Hillary Scott

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Lionsgate | Release Date: April 26, 2024 | PG

Starring: Angus K. Caldwell, Candace Cameron Bure, Daisy Betts, Diesel La Torraca, Hillary Scott, JJ Pantano, Joel Smallbone, Jonathan Jackson, Kirrilee Berger, Lucas Black, Paul Luke Bonenfant, Tenz McCall

Summary: When David Smallbone’s successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future. With nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and their love of music, David (Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives. Based on a remarkableWhen David Smallbone’s successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future. With nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and their love of music, David (Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives. Based on a remarkable true story, Helen’s faith stands against all odds and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs. With their own dreams on hold, David and Helen begin to realize the musical prowess in their children, who would go on to become two of the most successful acts in Inspirational Music history: five-time Grammy Award-winning artists for KING + COUNTRY and Rebecca St. James. … Expand

Director: Joel Smallbone and Richard Ramsey

Genre(s): Drama, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 113 min

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Bobby LePire

May 1, 2024

Despite missing some needed scenes to carry forward the lead’s emotional throughline, this is a good film that is sure to resonate with its core demographic. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Apr 29, 2024

Cinematographer Johnny Derango helps to ensure that the film’s more prosaic moments — of which there are many — are endowed with the same ambient vitality, as the active camerawork and careful framing invite audiences to look for truth in the kind of story that tends to just shove it in your face. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Apr 25, 2024

It’s a humble story, one with the capacity to inspire in its simple message of perseverance. But the film itself, as an artistic product, feels limited in its observational scope, because the filmmaker doesn’t have any distance from the material. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Apr 26, 2024

Unsung Hero could have used more of such emotional honesty. But it ultimately must deliver a broad uplift that’s palatable for the whole family, so it tends to skim the surface. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Apr 25, 2024

Viewer beware: Between the uplift and the cringe, this movie may cause whiplash. Read full review

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