| Miracle Review |
| by Jonathan Moya (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Herb Brooks: Kurt Russell
Jim Craig: Eddie Cahill
Jack O'Callahan: Michael Mantenuto
Mike Eruzione: Patrick O'Brien Dempsey
Ralph Cox: Kenneth Mitchell
Rob McClanahan: Nathan West
Craig Patrick: Noah Emmerich
Mrs. Brooks: Patricia Clarkson more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| In the months leading up to the 1980 Olympic
Winter Games, the American hockey team was
practically written off as a possible medal
contender. They had to overcome the cloud of a
20-year losing streak in world hockey
competition. They had to provide...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Matt Noller (Rating: 3/4) |
| In February of 1980, Americans sat around their televisions to watch a
hockey game. It was the Winter Olympics, and the U.S.A. was facing off
against the seemingly unbeatable Soviet Union. For some, this will be a day
remembered forever, as the upstart...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| It would be damn near impossible to screw up a story about the US hockey
team's run at the gold in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Not even with Ron
Howard directing brother Clint from an Akiva Goldsman script - that's how
good the story is. It's one of...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| July 1979. The US Olympic hockey team won its last
gold medal way back in 1960. Since then, the powerful
Soviet team has dominated the Olympic gold for the
sport. One of the '60 US team members, Herb Brooks
(Kurt Russell), is selected to coach the 1980...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell, "Dark Blue") lost his bid to be part of the 1960
U.S. Olympic hockey team, but it is 1979 and he believes he can coach a
team to compete against the invincible Russians. In Lake Placid the
following year, Herb Brooks will...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
The true-life tale of the American Olympic Hockey Team at the 1980 Lake Placid
Games during which they triumphed, against all odds, to beat the Soviet Union
squad, who at that point, were the most unstoppable force in the world (they
had won every...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Miracle" (Walt Disney)
Based on the true story of coach Herb Brooks who led the USA hockey team
to win the Gold in the 1980 Olympic Games at Lake Placid, this is an
inspirational saga that transcends its sport, detailing...more |
| Miracle Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| MIRACLE retells one of the most miraculous sports stories in U.S. history, as a
bunch of college kids defeat the invincible Soviet hockey team in the 1980
Olympics and go on to win the gold medal. The Russian team, which had recently
demolished the...more |
