Unsung Hero (2024)

My Review

“Unsung Hero” tells the inspirational story of a man whose music company collapses in Australia and then decides to emigrate to America in search of a brighter future. In the process of struggling to make ends meet, he and his family discover the talents of their children, who go on to become two of the most successful artists in Contemporary Christian Music. (That would be singer Rebecca St. James and her brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone in the Christian rock band “For King & Country.”) Directors-screenwriters Richard Ramsey and Joel Smallbone did an outstanding job in putting together this fast moving true-life story with outstanding production values.

The cast includes Daisy Betts and Joel Smallbone as the couple from Down Under, Kirrilee Berger as Rebecca, Lucas Black and Candace Cameron Burr as their neighbors, Terry O’Quinn as Betts’ father, Don Most is their music manager, Hilary Scott is church music leader, Lance E. Nichols is the landlord, Rebecca St. James as a flight attendant, Jonathan Jackson as Eddie DeGarmo, and Rachel Hendrix as Amy Grant.

The outstanding faith-based film “Unsung Hero” was hit at the box office for producers Luke Smallbone and Joel Smallbone, Kingdom Story Company, Candy Rock Entertainment, and Lionsgate Films. This 113 minute movie won the Dove Award for Inspirational Film of the Year, and was filmed in Tennessee and Kentucky.