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Big Miracle

Big Miracle

2012
Romance, Drama
1h 47m
In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend - a Greenpeace volunteer - on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. (imdb)
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Big Miracle

2012
Romance, Drama
1h 47m
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Rated 12 Sep 2019
60
28th
This is a nice, family friendly film. Its relatively entertaining, an easy-ish watch if a little overly sentimental. Its based on a true story, which makes it more interesting, although it did feel a little bland mid way through. I thought Drew Barrymore did well portraying the (if anything overly) emotional Greenpeace activist, clearly determined to do all she can for the whales. However, its not at all a memorable film I'd say. Its a diverting watch but thats about it.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
60
62nd
When it comes right down to it, Big Miracle is an enjoyable movie. It manages to overcome spotty acting and a corny script to become a smart film with deep-enough characters and some tension thanks to everything that just has to go wrong at exactly the worst time it can. It's worth watching if you don't mind a corny story and can handle some poorly acted scenes, especially if you want to see some very lifelike whales and learn about the real story that took place in 1988.
Rated 05 Feb 2012
100
51st
very good 10 out of 10
Rated 22 Mar 2012
69
4th
I'm a bleeding heart liberal, and yet, oh my goodness, this was as schmaltzy and over-done as one could possibly make it. How did these people get drawn into this script? That said - the kids liked the whales.
Rated 02 Jun 2012
62
33rd
Could've been a little less cheesy (I think the Krasinski-Barrymore-storyline was the least interesting/effective one) and a little shorter ,but was fun anyway. Whales looked pretty great. Performances were cool. :> And what the fuck, was that Sarah Palin? With a lazy eye? :D
Rated 06 Jun 2012
70
40th
definitely not a great movie, but story is lovely and it's fun to watch
Rated 02 Jul 2012
28
6th
It s astonishing how bad this movie, considering the good real life story this film is based on.
Rated 22 Aug 2012
66
34th
Uneven and I really missed seeing people bundled up so that almost no skin was exposed, icy beards, eyebrows, mustaches, and condensation clouds when people exhaled.
Rated 21 Sep 2012
51
31st
Not bad, considering it's a true story.
Rated 24 Sep 2012
65
33rd
Fun period stuff, and there are worse family-friendly movies to get stuck watching.
Rated 08 Jan 2013
64
39th
Goofy sappy and pretty harmless. I was more interested in the archival interviews at the end though.
Rated 02 Jun 2013
80
77th
Family film. Cliche. But kind of awesome and unique one at that. Go figure.
Rated 21 Jul 2013
70
25th
Pros: Inoffensive, no real villains, nice people, nice story. Cons: Formulaic, superficial, predictable. I like the environmental theme, and I enjoy feel-good movies, but this is a textbook 7/10 film.
Rated 22 Apr 2014
60
62nd
Unfortunately, there's one inescapable sinkhole in this frozen yarn of leviathan struggles and icy determination. For some reason the filmmakers thought it appropriate to include volleys of foul language throughout. And so families are assailed by earfuls of ugly human sounds no discerning whale worth his fluke would ever make. (pluggedin.com)
Rated 14 Sep 2014
1
20th
Small-towners sure are quirky, and journalists oh-so cynical, cheesy-but-harmless enough so far. The real message is about how annoying environmentalists are and how brilliantly the government, Big Oil and the military steward the environment. FFS.
Rated 13 Jul 2017
71
38th
B-
Rated 09 Sep 2018
32
13th
Characterization is totally lame.

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