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‘Unsung Hero’ Review: The Family That Prays Together, Plays Together in Uplifting Faith-Based Biopic
A father uproots his family, moving them halfway around the world to avoid professional and personal ruin in the heartening weepie 'Unsung Hero.'
The fascinating angle it adopts is similar to the way Steven Spielberg explored a tumultuous time in his childhood with “The Fablemans,” as Joel Smallbone(who co-wrote and directed with Richard L. Ramsey) also engages with family history, portraying his father grappling with financial and personal crises. The sequences that show her rising to heartbreaking challenges, spinning sad situations into whimsical adventures for everyone’s benefit (including her own, as a coping mechanism), speak to a classically constructed heroine filled with gumption, sacrifice and humanity. The frequent golden hour glow represents the presence of David’s perpetually perky father (Terry O’Quinn) even when he’s not on screen, culminating in the genuinely emotional finale’s intersection of a trio of character arcs.
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