Comedy, Action  •  2025  •  107 min  •  Adults (18+)

A Time for Bravery (2025)

A Time for Bravery poster

A Time for Bravery (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive

Viewer Rating
6.8

Overview

A Time for Bravery is a 2025 Mexican comedy-crime film directed by Ariel Winograd. Psychoanalyst Mariano Silverstein (Luis Gerardo Méndez) faces community service after a traffic accident and partners with troubled police inspector Javier (Memo Villegas) to tackle cases amid personal turmoil. Christian Tappan co-stars. Netflix original.


Starring Cast

Luis Gerardo Méndez  •   Memo Villegas  •   Christian Tappan


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: Medium

The film's central conflict involves exposing corruption in a national intelligence agency, presented through comedic action and character development. This critique of institutional wrongdoing is tempered by emphasis on personal growth and alliances, maintaining a balanced perspective without overt ideological advocacy.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The film features a cast of Latin American actors in roles suited to the Mexican setting, providing ethnic representation without altering traditional character demographics. Its narrative emphasizes male camaraderie in an action-comedy framework, portraying traditional identities neutrally without explicit social critiques.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium

The film portrays nuclear marriages as fragile due to infidelity and betrayal. Characters achieve emotional resolution through male friendship, emphasizing chosen bonds over biological family ties.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The film features no transgender characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a psychoanalyst and police officer navigating personal crises and dangers, without addressing transsexual identity.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: Medium

Female characters serve as supporting figures, primarily as partners or spouses. Action sequences center on the male leads engaging male opponents in hand-to-hand and chase confrontations. No female participates in direct physical combat.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

The film remakes the 2005 Argentine movie Tiempo de valientes without altering the genders of its main characters, who remain male in both versions.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

The 2025 film remakes the 2005 Argentine movie Tiempo de valientes, portraying the lead characters Mariano Silverstein and Alfredo Díaz with Mexican and Colombian actors of Latino racial backgrounds matching the original Argentine cast's white/Latino depictions. No race swaps occur.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.2
The Movie Database logo
7.5

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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