Synopsis
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
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Cast
- Derek Luke2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
- Michael EalySergeant Bishop Cummings
- Laz AlonsoCorporal Hector Negron
- Omar Benson MillerPrivate First Class Sam Train
- Pierfrancesco FavinoPeppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta
- Valentina CerviRenata
- Matteo SciabordiAngelo Torancelli (The Boy)
- John TurturroDetective Antonio Ri
- Joseph Gordon-LevittTim Boyle
- John LeguizamoEnrico
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Contains scenes of brilliance, interrupted by scenes that meander. There is too much, too many characters, too many subplots. But there is so much here that is powerful that it should be seen no matter its imperfections. - 63
ReelViews
Miracle at St. Anna is overlong and poorly focused. It tends to meander, the military context is not well established, and too much time is spent on interaction with underdeveloped secondary characters. - 55
NPR
Even in a film that clocks in at a quasi-epic 2 hours and 40 minutes, that's just too much narrative. And matters aren't helped by the fact that Lee, who has never staged battle sequences before, hasn't quite got the rhythms or camera angles right. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Half the time I wasn't sure what Lee was going for in terms of tone, or style, or focus. It was a tricky assignment to begin with, because McBride's novel, and his screenplay, is part socio-historical corrective, part magical-realist folklore, part wartime procedural. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Miracle isn't powerful, it's muddled and diffuse. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Odd too, for a film that wants to correct impression anyone had as to the abilities of black U.S. soldier in combat, are the ethnic cliches about Italians and Germans, to say nothing of rednecks. - 30
New York Magazine (Vulture)
When Lee isn't doing cinematic somersaults or mining for injustice, he doesn't seem to know where to put the camera. The logistics of the plot make no sense, and he has nothing to sell but the theme of our common humanity--in which, on the evidence, I don't think he believes. - 20
Variety
This is a sloppy stew in which the ingredients of battle action, murder mystery, little-kid sentiment and history lesson don't mix well.
