
Overview
Genre :
Drama, FamilyRelease Date :
February 03, 2012MPAA Rating :
PGDirector :
Ken KwapisStarring :
John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson, Vinessa Shaw, Stephen Root, Mark Ivanir, Stefan Kapicic, Andrew Daly, Ahmaogak Sweeney, Thomas R. Daly, Shea Whigham
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
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“..your heart will also go out to the cast, stuck even more pitiably in syrupy manufactured crises..”
by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice]
“..this energetic family movie is less insipid than it looks..”
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine]
“..the strong emotions at play are good, but the movie veers, at times, into schmaltz, and some comedy shorthand feels lazy and dumb..”
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]
“..the people's stories, especially a trumped-up romantic triangle, are not as intriguing as the portrayal of pre-Internet news media..”
by Nell Minow [Chicago Sun-Times]

“..tells its sort-of-true version of events in a democratic and humane fashion..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]

“..like an old Disney family comedy by way of a 1980s news story..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]

“..kids 8 and up will get behind the film's heroic tone..”
by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News]

“..it also has a more-than-fair amount of wry humor, droll political observation if not actual satire..”
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]
Review rate : D+
“..in short, Miracle eschews black and white - even the Inupiat have ulterior motives - for shades of grey..”
“..in short, Miracle eschews black and white - even the Inupiat have ulterior motives - for shades of grey..”
by Peter Keough [Boston Phoenix]
“..gets off to a shaky start, but once revved up, it becomes an involving work-against-the-clock-and-the-odds action movie..”
by Rachel Saltz [New York Times]
“..full of such simple acts of intelligence. And that's a minor miracle..”
by Janice Page [Boston Globe]
“..doesn't have much of a plot..”
by Ella Taylor [NPR]
“..almost cartoonish depictions of bland romances and superficial political machinations..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..all perspectives get an airing..”
by Kevin Lally [Film Journal International]





