Big Miracle

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.

It needs only to entertain. And that it does thoroughly, leaving us both charmed and enriched without feeling very preached at. Praise be.

Big Miracle gets off to a shaky start, but once revved up, it becomes an involving work-against-the-clock-and-the-odds action movie.

But there's so much going on in Big Miracle that the biggest miracle of all – the whales at the center of the story, get lost amid all the criss-crossing love stories, political wheeler-dealing and well-intentioned but inadequate rescue missions.

The genuinely sweet nature of this sometimes clunky movie is mixed with a little sass, and wins you over.

Stephen Root, Ted Danson, Dermot Mulroney, and other familiar faces lend their support, but it's not enough to overcome the limp, by-the-numbers execution. The film comprises innumerable expository scenes, leavened with uninspired comic relief.

Any goodwill it boasts is terminally suppressed, buried beneath a layer of bullshit as thick as blubber.

This is a movie that everybody should watch. The more "loony", "tree-hugging", "bleeding-heart" "hippies" in the world, the better. The only kind of person who could dislike this movie is the insufferable cynic.

A truly delightful family film based on a true and heartwarming story, brought with lots of humour based on the very likable characters portrayed by Krasinski and Barrymore both oozing screen charisma.

Big Miracle, a family-friendly docudrama by means similar to that of last years Dolphin Tale, is pretty standard family fare. It doesn't have a storyline moved along by its characters (who are quite absent here, however many there are) but by an atmosphere of straightforward morals and warm, good will. There are actually a few surprising moments to be had here, which elevate the picture above the norm. It does step into reaching territory and Drew Barrymore's character comes off as irritating, but John Krasinski delivers a more comic, relaxed performance that adds to the genuine likability of the film. For families searching for harmless feel good fare, look no further.

It was a generally pleasant film, but it really felt more like a TV docudrama than a film for the big screen. Also, stereotypical characters abound--the gruff soldier, the profit-driven oil man, and the bleeding heart **** characters were pretty flat and predictable. The scene in the helicopter was very funny!

This film is utterly unsatisfying. Not even slightly entertaining, some of the performances were utterly laughable, and the script was horrifyingly bad.