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The Miracle Season

2018

Sean McNamara

Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Danika Yarosh, Erin Moriarty ...

5.1

538

Drama The film is based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls' volleyball team. After the tragic death of the school's star player Caroline "Line" Found, the remaining players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach (Helen Hunt) in hopes of winning the state championship.

	Media	Author	Review
		Mark Jenkins The Washington Post	"It’s no champion, but it’s still a reasonably good cry (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[The] filmmakers have turned real-life tragedy and tenacity into a manipulative weepie (...) Moment after moment feels calculated"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"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 (...) [It] is such a formula film."
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Sappiness sans substance (...) 'Miracle Season' is godawful, even by the standards of sports dramas"
		Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"A formulaic but rousing tale (...) 'The Miracle Season' moves with a brisk energy and pace (...) It relies on storytelling that tells rather than shows"
		Rafer Guzmán Newsday	"[It] is long on sentiment, short on character and drama (...) [It] tries hard to manipulate our emotions, but it might have fared better if it trusted us to make up our own minds (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Todd Gilchrist The Wrap	"Sean McNamara’s film barely qualifies as a story at all (...) 'The Miracle Season' mistakes an inspiring true story for one that needs or deserves to be told cinematically"
		Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"'The Miracle Season' seems downright preordained, and not just in its arc. The movie is constitutionally incapable of surprise"

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