Courage

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Jason Priestley, Andrea Roth, and Genevieve Buechner in Courage (2009)

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An adventure story about Robert, Teresa and Christy Childs, an aspiring author and his family who crashes their boat during a storm and become stranded on a small rocky island in the middle ... Read allAn adventure story about Robert, Teresa and Christy Childs, an aspiring author and his family who crashes their boat during a storm and become stranded on a small rocky island in the middle of a treacherous river.Robert is hurt and Teresa and stepdaughter Christy 16, must set asi... Read allAn adventure story about Robert, Teresa and Christy Childs, an aspiring author and his family who crashes their boat during a storm and become stranded on a small rocky island in the middle of a treacherous river.Robert is hurt and Teresa and stepdaughter Christy 16, must set aside their troubled relationship if they are to survive. Together they care for Robert, reco... Read all

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One of the sub plots is Andrea Roth's character Teresa trying to get pregnant. In March 2010 Roth gave birth to her first child at age 42, meaning she would have conceived circa June 2009. The movie was made sometime in 2009 and not released until April 2010, so Roth was either pregnant when it was being filmed or shortly thereafter.

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After the boat hits the rocks, Christy's breath can be seen when she is calling for her dad. In the following scenes, her breath is no longer visible, indicating the scenes were shot in two different temperatures.

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4/10

Third-rate family version of "The Edge"

A rising author (Jason Priestly) takes his spoiled daughter and new wife (Genevieve Buechner and Andrea Roth) on a boat trip in Puget Sound, but they shipwreck on an island where there's a grizzly on the loose.

"Courage" (2009) is a family knockoff of "The Edge" (1997) and I was hoping for a worthwhile tv-budget variation but it devolved into eye-rolling dramatics and hammy acting (e.g. The redneck bear hunter).

Everything is here for a quality adventure/survival movie - a solid cast, scenic locations and a real (huge) brown bear. The author angle is good, but Priestly is removed as an active participant fairly early and the focus on the overly good-natured wife and her annoying, weepy stepdaughter can't carry the film. A more imaginative script was needed.

The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in southwestern British Columbia (town) and an inlet of the Strait of Georgia outside Vancouver (shipwreck scenes).

GRADE: C-