The Miracle Season is still a mainstream sports biopic, albeit with a tragic backstory. But, with energetic sports play and a slightly heavier final takeaway, it rises above the pitfalls that many of those films often fall into.

[Sean] McNamara loses the opportunity to make a film of truly epic proportions by adding a double dose of molasses to a story that by its very nature was sweet enough. [Full Review in Spanish]

The story is inspiring enough to make up for a more or less routine telling.