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Miracle (2004)
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Reviews Counted:155
Fresh:123
Rotten:32
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Kurt Russell's performance guides this cliche-ridden tale into the realm of inspirational, nostalgic goodness.
Theatrical Release:Feb 6, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $64,329,473
Synopsis: From Walt Disney Pictures comes MIRACLE, an inspiring family drama that combines hockey and history in retelling the story of one of sports' all-time greatest upsets. In 1980, amidst the tense... [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, Eddie Cahill
Director: Gavin O'Connor
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Reviews for Miracle
If you like to inspire and be inspired -- to work hard for your dreams -- then you're likely to be charged up by this film.
02/04/04
Inspirational and uplifting.
02/04/04
Top CriticMiracle's most concrete achievement is in showing how, step by demanding step, Brooks was able to transform 20 young men used to playing as stellar individuals -- the American way -- into an unintimidate-able, egoless team, i.e., the Soviet way.
02/04/04
Top CriticAn acceptably middlebrow drama that asks nothing more of its audience members than to cheer at the appropriate moments.
02/04/04
a genre flick, the type usually found in a shorter format during a half-time show where swelling music and slo-mo substitute for genuine feeling
02/04/04
Miracle is a blatant crowd pleaser, but there's no denying that it's often very effective.
02/04/04
A marvelous film-- enthralling, ecstatic and an illustration of everything Seabiscuit did wrong.
02/03/04
What will make the film compelling even for audiences who never heard of the miracle on ice is Kurt Russell's taut, nuanced portrait of Herb Brooks.
02/03/04
Not all inspirational stories about sports should be made into movies.
02/03/04
Has oodles of historical sentiment to work with but chooses to travel a conventional road.
02/03/04
A major spring crowd-pleaser--'Seabiscuit' with pucks--but while the victory of Team USA in 1980 might have been miraculous, the movie reduces it to something pretty ordinary.
02/03/04
Calculated, polished, and affectionate.
02/02/04
'Miracle' features some of the best on-ice hockey action ever put on film.
02/02/04
In its exhilarating last act, we watch our team succeed at the impossible. Repeat after me, 'U S A, U S A, U S A.'
02/02/04
When a dedication to Brooks appeared at the film's end, the audience gave the coach a standing ovation -- too bad the rest of the film couldn't inspire them in the same way.
02/02/04
Kurt Russell's performance transcends the film's unilateral politics to achieve a viewer-conversant three dimensions.
02/01/04
On the ice this film is Gold, but off the ice it is a manipulating mess.
01/17/04
This is a historical movie obsessed with detail and the pure beauty of playing hockey.
01/16/04
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