Miracles from Heaven
Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: March 16, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
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7
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8
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
TheWrapDave WhiteMar 18, 2016
The film’s real power comes from Garner, whose solid, memorable work anchors everything around her. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 16, 2016
Bring tissues. Because whether you’re the faithful target audience for Miracles From Heaven, a non-believer or someone in the mass agnostic middle ground, you may find it hard to hold back the tears during various points in this real-life tale. And they’ll be earned. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMar 17, 2016
Well-intentioned if cloying, Miracles from Heaven has an appealing cast and an accessible take on spirituality. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithMar 16, 2016
Any Christian movie dealing in miracles is likely to be too sweet for some but this one is gently moving rather than pushy about its religious elements. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshMar 16, 2016
While the film runs a bit too long, and the heartstring tugging becomes overwrought, overall, this family melodrama about a devastating illness and the freak accident that cured it is surprisingly effective, even for those of little faith. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerMar 16, 2016
Without question, this movie does elicit “feel-good” emotions — largely driven by Garner’s ability to exude genuine maternal devotion and the charm of young Kylie Rogers. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 15, 2016
The movie flirts with supernaturalism. But the Beams’ story is anchored in smaller miracles — the reliability of friends, the kindness of strangers. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 16, 2016
The inspirational memoir Miracles From Heaven transfers to the big screen as a wholesome, crowd-pleasing drama, one whose subject is faith and gratitude. The tone is frequently more searching than self-satisfied, and the harrowing medical crisis that drives the family story gives it the nonreligious urgency to preach beyond the choir. Read full review
60
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonMar 16, 2016
Less on the nose than the title makes it sound, faith-based offering Miracles From Heaven spins some bland but efficiently tear-jerking drama out of its true story-based tale. Read full review
60
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiMar 15, 2016
Until it delivers an eye-rolling scene near the end, Miracles From Heaven is an unexpectedly effective tear-jerker. More surprising still, that late diversion doesn’t negate much of the movie’s early sincerity. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisMar 17, 2016
As one might expect from a Christian film, Miracles From Heaven centers on faith — and a major miracle — but it’s also a decent family drama about a mother’s tribulations in caring for her sick child. Read full review
50
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMar 17, 2016
Riggen has no shame when it comes to jerking the tears — surging music, cute children, suffering children — and sometimes her manipulations work even on the hardest of hearts. Read full review
50
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonMar 16, 2016
There are plenty of fantastic films with Christian messages, but Miracles From Heaven is more interested in simplistic proselytizing to a heavily evangelical market that just wants their own existing beliefs confirmed. This is what makes the film so frustrating to watch; for the vast majority of its runtime, it’s essentially a good (if not great) family drama. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 16, 2016
As Christy, Garner gives an earnest performance, her perpetually worried expression put to good use here as the Beams grapple with the unimaginable possibility of losing Anna. Read full review
40
VarietyGeoff BerkshireMar 16, 2016
In a welcome gender reversal from the father-son dynamic of “Heaven Is for Real,” Garner and Rogers deliver fully committed performances that credibly convey the physical and mental anguish endured by sick children and their caregivers. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianMar 16, 2016
Situations and people are sketched out too lightly to leave an emotional trace. Read full review
37
Washington PostMark JenkinsMar 16, 2016
Stretched across nearly two hours, it tells a story that would have been adequately laid out in a 30-second television spot. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 17, 2016
Miracles from Heaven is mostly an embarrassment. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 15, 2016
Miracles From Heaven is too dramatically inert to oblige Garner with a great character, but it does offer plenty of tearful monologues and mini-monologues. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyJoey NolfiMar 17, 2016
Miracles From Heaven stands firm atop a sloppily made case for faith over logic and spirituality over science, and for that, it’s challenging to view as a film instead of judgmental ideology in cinematic drag. Read full review
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