The Miracle Season
LD Entertainment | Release Date: April 6, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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9
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2
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63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 6, 2018
Problem is, every time the movie gets near an authentic emotion, it barely pauses before making a run to the next Katy Perry song cue. (Seriously, both “Roar” and “Firework” are featured herein.) Given the care that the adult and teen actors invested in trying to honor their real-life counterparts, this feels lazy. If you like Katy Perry songs that much, you may feel differently. Read full review
63
Washington PostMark JenkinsApr 5, 2018
The rest of the film has a cozy TV-commercial vibe, pumped by tunes from Katy Perry and the inevitable Neil Diamond. It’s no champion, but it’s still a reasonably good cry. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 5, 2018
The Miracle Season is a pleasant surprise, the rare inspirational sports movie that actually earns its tears. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanApr 5, 2018
Even if you see through the benign (manipulative) strategies of The Miracle Season, which isn’t hard to do, resistance is futile. You will surrender. You’ll feel the tear on your cheek, the lump in your throat, the reverent huggy glory of it all. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 5, 2018
The Miracle Season moves with a brisk energy and pace, pausing only to draw a few tears hear and there. It's peppered with girl power bangers, training montages and inspirational speeches. But it relies on storytelling that tells rather than shows. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerApr 5, 2018
The Miracle Season is a simple movie of straightforward sentimentalism and gung-ho, against-all-odds inspiration. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonApr 5, 2018
It’s downright depressing to see Oscar winners Hunt and Hurt struggling to make something meaningful out of their superficially written characters. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerApr 5, 2018
There’s authenticity in the coach’s belted khaki shorts and in the anguish Hunt brings to a moment where the coach no longer can bear being at her star player’s wake. This moment is the film’s most moving until images of the real coach, and real Caroline Found, accompany the credits. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 4, 2018
Sean McNamara’s “Big Game” formula drama is ONLY about the Big Game — an endless procession of them. Characters are shortchanged, emotion impact is deadened. Heck, the dead teen’s funeral/wake is practically covered in a simple, short montage. Read full review
45
TheWrapTodd GilchristApr 5, 2018
Ultimately, The Miracle Season mistakes an inspiring true story for one that needs or deserves to be told cinematically; it isn’t awful, but it’s not a film, it’s a tribute, and unfortunately, one to the memory of a young woman who would be better honored by people actually “living like Line” than watching a formulaic, fictionalized retelling of her community learning what that means. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerApr 5, 2018
It is not unusual for an underdog sports picture to be predictable. But The Miracle Season seems downright preordained, and not just in its arc. The movie is constitutionally incapable of surprise even on a moment-to-moment level. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 5, 2018
That The Miracle Season is based on a true story makes it tough to endure and to review, because it’s no pleasure to report that filmmakers have turned real-life tragedy and tenacity into a manipulative weepie. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 5, 2018
Miracle is godawful, even by the standards of sports dramas, where healthy doses of manipulation and hagiography are accepted as part of the inspirational formula. Read full review
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