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Big Miracle uses real-life events as the basis for a surprisingly satisfying family drama.
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Owen Gleiberman
Ponderously sincere but it does tell a good story. February 10, 2012 | Full Review…
Ponderously sincere but it does tell a good story.
It is a laborious, sentimental drama featuring a self-parodic performance from Drew Barrymore, based on a TV news event that briefly gripped the US in 1988. February 9, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It is a laborious, sentimental drama featuring a self-parodic performance from Drew Barrymore, based on a TV news event that briefly gripped the US in 1988.
Peter Bradshaw
Much better than the poster or trailer suggests. February 9, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Much better than the poster or trailer suggests.
Martyn Conterio
By-the-book dialogue and lame performances do the film no favours but, hey, worse things happen at sea. February 7, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
By-the-book dialogue and lame performances do the film no favours but, hey, worse things happen at sea.
Derek Adams
There's something refreshing about a kids' movie that manages to get through its entire length without a poop joke. February 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/4
There's something refreshing about a kids' movie that manages to get through its entire length without a poop joke.
Stephen Whitty
There is some sorrow in Big Miracle, but there is, per the title, great joy as well. But perhaps the biggest miracle in the film is that, no matter what you believe, you won't come out of the movie feeling lectured or dismissed. February 6, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
There is some sorrow in Big Miracle, but there is, per the title, great joy as well. But perhaps the biggest miracle in the film is that, no matter what you believe, you won't come out of the movie feeling lectured or dismissed.
Abbie Bernstein
All in all, this is a solid family film. November 10, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
All in all, this is a solid family film.
Debbie Baldwin
At least in Big Miracle people stop haranguing others across the aisle and start working together. June 25, 2018 | Full Review…
At least in Big Miracle people stop haranguing others across the aisle and start working together.
Megan Basham
But even more delightful is to see so many favorite actors, some of whom you'll know and others of whom you will recognize, having so much fun in a film that could have failed in so many different ways and instead triumphs. September 18, 2017 | Full Review…
But even more delightful is to see so many favorite actors, some of whom you'll know and others of whom you will recognize, having so much fun in a film that could have failed in so many different ways and instead triumphs.
Neely Swanson
Big Miracle has all the important elements required to deliver a heartfelt family drama. September 8, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Big Miracle has all the important elements required to deliver a heartfelt family drama.
Francesca Rudkin
"Big Miracle" is quite the whale of a tale. Miraculous? Maybe. Predictable? Mostly. Delightful? Absolutely. September 25, 2013 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
"Big Miracle" is quite the whale of a tale. Miraculous? Maybe. Predictable? Mostly. Delightful? Absolutely.
Justin Craig
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