First Rate!

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2004)

I'm a movie buff--If I like one, I see it again. I've seen this one three times.
"Miracle" has it all--acting, plot, realism, fast-pace, and suspense. It's an excellent sports movie representing the best of that genre. Kurt Russell plays Herb Brooks, the hockey coach who forged his amateur team of all-star prima donnas into a family. Patricia Clarkson is Patty, his wife. She is excellent and an underrated actress.
These guys became a family and outplayed the Russians at their own game.
Because I'm a special education teacher at the high school level, I look for films that exemplify courage, hard work, honesty, integrity and persistence to show to my students. "Miracle" has all these qualities plus that indescribable something called passion.
Highly Recommended.