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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Washington PostMark JenkinsWashington PostMark JenkinsThe rest of the film has a cozy TV-commercial vibe, pumped by tunes from Katy Perry and the inevitable Neil Diamond. It’s no champion, but it’s still a reasonably good cry.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanEven if you see through the benign (manipulative) strategies of The Miracle Season, which isn’t hard to do, resistance is futile. You will surrender. You’ll feel the tear on your cheek, the lump in your throat, the reverent huggy glory of it all.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThe Miracle Season is a pleasant surprise, the rare inspirational sports movie that actually earns its tears.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreSean McNamara’s “Big Game” formula drama is ONLY about the Big Game — an endless procession of them. Characters are shortchanged, emotion impact is deadened. Heck, the dead teen’s funeral/wake is practically covered in a simple, short montage.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerSan Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerThere’s authenticity in the coach’s belted khaki shorts and in the anguish Hunt brings to a moment where the coach no longer can bear being at her star player’s wake. This moment is the film’s most moving until images of the real coach, and real Caroline Found, accompany the credits.
- 50St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonSt. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonIt’s downright depressing to see Oscar winners Hunt and Hurt struggling to make something meaningful out of their superficially written characters.
- 45TheWrapTodd GilchristTheWrapTodd GilchristUltimately, The Miracle Season mistakes an inspiring true story for one that needs or deserves to be told cinematically; it isn’t awful, but it’s not a film, it’s a tribute, and unfortunately, one to the memory of a young woman who would be better honored by people actually “living like Line” than watching a formulaic, fictionalized retelling of her community learning what that means.
- 42The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerIt is not unusual for an underdog sports picture to be predictable. But The Miracle Season seems downright preordained, and not just in its arc. The movie is constitutionally incapable of surprise even on a moment-to-moment level.
- 30The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThat The Miracle Season is based on a true story makes it tough to endure and to review, because it’s no pleasure to report that filmmakers have turned real-life tragedy and tenacity into a manipulative weepie.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMiracle is godawful, even by the standards of sports dramas, where healthy doses of manipulation and hagiography are accepted as part of the inspirational formula.