I went to the Miracle movie about the 1980 Olympic hockey team starring Kurt Russell. I am of course a hockey player and hockey fan so I should have liked the movie. I lies Mighty Ducks, Slap Shot, and even Mighty Ducks II. But something about Miracle kept me from engaging.
First the good stuff. Kurt Russell is superb in the role of Herb Brooks – clearly an actor who has absolutely polished his craft. The acting was good in the supporting roles as well. it was nicely shot for the most part.
There were three things that bugged me: (1) There was just oo much Kurt Russell – it was as if this were a vehicle for him to scowl a lot – it got tiring just watching him do the scowl thing one more time. (2) There was not enough footage of the time period between the selection of the team and the Olympics – I can imagine that there could have an a number of ways that we could have watched the team growing closer and more confident. (3) The hockey sequences were pretty badly choreographed – they felt repetitive and not at all engaging.
On my scale, it gets a 3 out of 5 – worth a rental at the $2.50 level as sson as it hits the video stores.
Chuck’s Rating System: 1 – Worthless, 2 – Worth a $1 rental on the budget shelves, 3 – Worth a one night $2.50 rental, 4 – Worth seeing in a movie theater once, 5 – worth going to at least 2 times in the theater. Unlike most rating system – this tells you what to do with the rating.