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Miracle (2004) 7.5
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Reviews: 287 user | 127 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com Miracle tells the true story of Herb Brooks (Russell), the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad. Director:Gavin O'ConnorWriter:Eric Guggenheim |
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Sean McCann | ... | |
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The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? Yes! Written by Sujit R. Varma
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6 February 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Csoda a jégen See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$19,377,577 (USA) (6 February 2004)Gross:
$64,371,181 (USA) (30 April 2004)Company Credits
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Jim Craig: Hey Coach.
Herb Brooks: Just wondering why you didn't take this test.
[waves the stack of psychology tests that he has in his hands]
Jim Craig: Yeah, umm... it's nothing against you or anything. I just don't see what it has to do with stopping the puck.
Herb Brooks: That's okay, you just took it anyway.
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Written by Steven Tyler
Performed by Aerosmith
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Trivia
Right before the Soviets score the first goal of the game, Schneider is slashed by Krutov, falls down on the ice and loses control of the puck to a Soviet player. In the real game, however, there is no slash on the play, only a stick check by Krutov which is permitted in ice hockey, and Schneider doesn't fall either. See more »Goofs
The net design is not consistent with actual footage of the game. See more »Quotes
Herb Brooks: [knocks on the door of the dorm room, Jimmy opens it] Hey, Jim.Jim Craig: Hey Coach.
Herb Brooks: Just wondering why you didn't take this test.
[waves the stack of psychology tests that he has in his hands]
Jim Craig: Yeah, umm... it's nothing against you or anything. I just don't see what it has to do with stopping the puck.
Herb Brooks: That's okay, you just took it anyway.
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Crazy Credits
Dedicated to Herb Brooks who died shortly after principal photography was completed. He never saw it. He lived it. See more »Soundtracks
Dream OnWritten by Steven Tyler
Performed by Aerosmith
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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In 1980, Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell), a former Olympics hockey player cut from the winning 1960 U.S. team, put together a ragtag band of college hockey players, taking them to the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid to face the seemingly invincible Russian hockey team, winners of four successive gold medals. Miracle tells the true story of how they worked together to defy the odds working against them. Everyone likes a good upset especially when they can cheer on the winning team. Miracle gives you that story and its a nice film to watch with your family. I don't watch hockey because I don't really like it and its just not very appealing to me. But there's things that non-hockey fans can enjoy from this film. I liked the determination from the team and the inspiration the coach gave to them. Kurt Russell does an awesome job as Herb Brooks, probably his best performance in a long time. Patricia Clarkson does a good job playing his wife and all the players on the team aren't bad either. The one actor that was bad was Noah Emmerich, he just showed little to no emotion and didn't really put in a good effort. This wouldn't had been a problem if he had a small role but he was the assistant coach. Miracle is directed by Gavin O'Connor and he does a good job. The hockey itself wasn't actually that bad as some scenes of the game were pretty cool. The focus is on mainly on Russell and while you learn some stuff about the players it would had been nice if they had shifted some of the attention on them as well. The screenplay may be filled with clichés but the film does it right even if it feels like you have seen it before because you probably have. The film is 135 minutes long and for me it started dragging a little and getting kind of boring. The movie is also predictable so the ending game as well as the entire movie isn't really suspenseful. The focus is more on beating Russia then actually winning the medal. When they do play in the final game and win the medal, they only show them scoring the winning shot. After that Kurt Russell starts talking saying how they won the last game by coming up from behind. While we know the outcome to the whole thing it still would had been nice if they had added a few more scenes. Its also better then The Mighty Ducks but that's not a hard thing to do. Rating 7/10 a treat for hockey fans and a film that a normal movie-goer can enjoy.