Miracles from Heaven

    Miracles from Heaven
    2016

    Synopsis

    When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.

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    Cast

    • Jennifer GarnerChristy Beam
    • Kylie RogersAnna Beam
    • Martin HendersonKevin Beam
    • Brighton SharbinoAbby Beam
    • Courtney FanslerAdelynn Beam
    • John Carroll LynchPastor Scott
    • Eugenio DerbezDr. Nurko
    • Queen LatifahAngela Bradford
    • Wayne PéreBen
    • Kelly Collins LintzEmmy

    Recommendations

    • 63

      Movie Nation

      The movie flirts with supernaturalism. But the Beams’ story is anchored in smaller miracles — the reliability of friends, the kindness of strangers.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Without question, this movie does elicit “feel-good” emotions — largely driven by Garner’s ability to exude genuine maternal devotion and the charm of young Kylie Rogers.
    • 63

      Chicago Tribune

      While the film runs a bit too long, and the heartstring tugging becomes overwrought, overall, this family melodrama about a devastating illness and the freak accident that cured it is surprisingly effective, even for those of little faith.
    • 60

      The New York Times

      Until it delivers an eye-rolling scene near the end, Miracles From Heaven is an unexpectedly effective tear-jerker. More surprising still, that late diversion doesn’t negate much of the movie’s early sincerity.
    • 60

      Screen Daily

      Less on the nose than the title makes it sound, faith-based offering Miracles From Heaven spins some bland but efficiently tear-jerking drama out of its true story-based tale.
    • 60

      The Hollywood Reporter

      The inspirational memoir Miracles From Heaven transfers to the big screen as a wholesome, crowd-pleasing drama, one whose subject is faith and gratitude. The tone is frequently more searching than self-satisfied, and the harrowing medical crisis that drives the family story gives it the nonreligious urgency to preach beyond the choir.
    • 40

      Variety

      In a welcome gender reversal from the father-son dynamic of “Heaven Is for Real,” Garner and Rogers deliver fully committed performances that credibly convey the physical and mental anguish endured by sick children and their caregivers.
    • 38

      Slant Magazine

      Situations and people are sketched out too lightly to leave an emotional trace.

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