History is still writing, with the USA team winning a historic game in hockey. The film begins with a coach selecting a team of young university students and starting with them to teach them the rules in the midst of a series of interesting events in an Olympic Games which the team won in A tough final was against the Soviet team but the United States won.
A story about people rather than just one a team going for the win. In doing so, O'Connor makes Miracle one of the more thoughtful and enjoyable films revolving around sports.
Miracle capitalizes on its understanding of team dynamics: the bonding of pain and gain alike, the ownership of integrity over ego, the satisfaction of communal accomplishment. [Blu-ray]
The movie effectively simulates the game's whirl, and should grab all but the most finicky hockey fans. But for moviegoers who think if you've seen one sports flick, you've seen 'em all -- well, you've definitely seen this one.
Washington Post
February 06, 2004
The movie brings the audience back to 1980 with bone-crunching verisimilitude.
Even if you don't know a "blue line from a clothes line," "Miracle" is a thoroughly enjoyable film that unspools like a Robert Altman movie where many characters' individual essences are revealed at once.
