Miracle

2004 Drama

Gavin O'Connor directs the sports drama Miracle, based on the true story of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Kurt Russell stars as hockey coach Herb Brooks, who assembles a U.S. team of underdogs. No one thinks they can make it, as they are up against the previously undefeated Soviet hockey team. Despite the odds, Brooks leads the U.S. team to victory. As the 1980 Winter Olympics happen to coincide with the Cold War, the event is interpreted as patriotic. Also starring Eddie Cahill and Patricia Clarkson, Miracle was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

Director: Gavin O'Connor

Starring: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, Sean McCann, Kenneth Welsh

 30 Reviews  3 Awards

Reviews

  • To make a movie about that team and those games requires more than an ability to depict personal dramas or re-enact game highlights. It requires the re- creation of a world and a mind-set, and Miracle accomplishes both brilliantly.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • 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.

    Sheri Linden - The Hollywood Reporter

    26 April 2013

  • Miracle -- the title taken from TV announcer Al Michaels' famous game-clinching cheer, ''Do you believe in miracles? Yes!'' -- wins not when it exhorts by word but when it shows by action.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • You keep rooting for the team, mostly because director Gavin O'Connor (the terrific Tumbleweeds) cast real athletes instead of actors, a canny decision that pays major dividends when the big game is re-created.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    26 April 2013

  • Patricia Clarkson, who has emerged as one of the screen's best character actresses, plays Brooks' wife with intelligence and down-to-earth warmth.

    Claudia Puig - USA Today

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Family Film (Live Action)

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)

     

  • Best Sports Movie

    ESPY Awards (2004)

  • Best Animation/Family

    Golden Trailer Awards (2004)

     

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