The "Rocky" of hockey

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2004)

MIRACLE (2004) *** Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, Eddie Cahill, Patrick O' Brien Demsey, Al Michaels.
True-life account of the American ice hockey team coached to Olympic glory at Lake Placid in 1980 by the head-strong yet crafty coach Herb Brooks (nicely played by Russell) despite its cliché trappings screenplay by newbie Eric Guggenheim allows its subject to coast on its Cinderella-story in its truth-is-stranger-than-fiction mechanations.and will appeal to those who aren't even sports enthusiastic (like yours truly). U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! (Dir: Gavin O'Connor)