Big Miracle
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Metascore
61 out of 100

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5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

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  • Starring: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski
  • Summary: Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure, Big Miracle, tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. (Universal Pictures)


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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. NPR
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    Feb 6, 2012
    75
    Big Miracle is a family movie fitted with the usual appeals to multiple audiences, and though tots, teens and younger parents might find the action a little slow until the rescue pressure builds, the grandparents will enjoy it as a trip down media memory lane.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    Feb 3, 2012
    75
    It's an exciting, charming and often quite funny family film.
  3. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Pete Hammond
    Feb 2, 2012
    60
    Inspiring, real and heartwarming, Big Miracle is something of a miracle itself - a family film everyone in the family can love that doesn't talk down to its audience and makes more salient political points than "Free Willy" or "Dolphin Tale."
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: R. Kurt Osenlund
    Feb 2, 2012
    12
    Any goodwill it boasts is terminally suppressed, buried beneath a layer of bullshit as thick as blubber.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. MegWhiteley
    10
    Wow an awesome sorprise, Big Miracle for me is like The Big Year but better, the cast is awesome, Kristen Bell, Drew, John, wow are great. A good and emotive film.… Expand
  2. sammietee
    7
    This is an awesome up lifting family movie! It does the true story justice and you become attached to those whales. You are cheering for them to be freed the entire time. This isn't movie of the year but it does the job it was created to do! If you like animals and family friendly movies this movie is for you.… Expand
  3. overeasy
    7
    Not "Gone With The Wind," but an entirely likable film without robots, aliens, explosions, sex or violence. Solid, simple story. Krasinski is glib and funny and utterly without affectation. Nice performances by some of the smaller players as well. If Hollywood made more movies like this the world would be a better place....… Expand
  4. HDeezy
    0
    This film is utterly unsatisfying.
    Not even slightly entertaining, some of the performances were utterly laughable, and the script was horrify    ingly bad.… Expand

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