Do you believe in miracles? Yes!

Rating: 10/10 (22 October 2011)

Miracle is an inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Gavin O'Connor directs this sports drama, based on the true story of the U.S. Hockey Team at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Kurt Russell stars as hockey coach the late Herb Brooks,who assembles a U.S. team of underdogs.Also starring Eddie Cahill,Noah Emmerich and Patricia Clarkson.
Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games.Nobody thinks the US Team can make it,as they are up against the previously undefeated Soviet Union hockey team. Despite the odds, Brooks leads the U.S. team to victory. As the 1980 Winter Olympics happen to coincide with the Cold War,the event is interpreted as patriotic. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events.
While everyone knows the expected outcome of this movie especially to those who knew about what happened at Lake Placid in 1980,the film was still effective primarily due to Kurt Russell's performance as Brooks.Aside from that,the movie did well on dwelling on the team's preparations and its character development instead of the games they played in the Olympics.Aside from Russell,special mention in the performances also goes to Eddie Cahill as Jim Craig. Overall,the movie's story is an inspirational one especially to those viewers who feel down in their lives. This film will definitely echo the feeling of what ABC broadcaster Al Michael said when the US beat the Soviets,"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"