Only The Brave does make an effort with the potentially stock role of Marsh's wife, Amanda (Jennifer Connelly), by giving her an interest beyond making or taking tearful phone calls — she's a rancher, and less deferential to her husband than might be expected from this sort of material. (avclub.com)
The last significant piece of the puzzle is Harvey, a government operative played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who does what he can to bring sly Southern charm to this pretty stock role, which otherwise involves simply trading juvenile insults with Johnson. (edition.cnn.com)
The assorted supporting characters, all resigned to sad stock roles, fail to register, so much so that the actually evil king Tervin only has two scenes before the final battle. (rottentomatoes.com)