Synopsis
A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.
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Cast
- Drew BarrymoreRachel Kramer
- John KrasinskiAdam Carlson
- Kristen BellJill Jerard
- Vinessa ShawKelly Meyers
- Dermot MulroneyColonel Scott Boyer
- Ted DansonJ. W. McGraw
- Kathy BakerRuth McGraw
- Tim Blake NelsonPat Lafaytette
- Stephen RootGovernor Haskell
- John Michael HigginsWes Handrick
Recommendations
- 75
The A.V. Club
Kwapis fills small roles with great character actors like Stephen Root, Andrew Daly, Kathy Baker, Tim Blake Nelson, John Michael Higgins, Rob Riggle, and James LeGros, all skilled at making a lot out of a little. - 75
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rounded, redemptive and refreshingly free of cynicism. - 75
Miami Herald
Big Miracle even throws in an unexpected bonus, a surprise last-minute cameo that is funny without being the slightest bit mean, just like the rest of this hugely likable movie. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
It's the affable cast, headed by Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski, that really makes the picture so widely accessible. - 70
Variety
This family-friendly outing captures the story's human snowball effect with a measure of sly, satirical wit, if also an excess of boilerplate subplots and jokey '80s details. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Big Miracle is all formula, but with just enough savvy to temper the gentle-spiritedness and qualify it as that rare family film with an emotional manipulativeness that doesn't leave a sick slick in the mouth. - 65
Movieline
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. - 50
Tampa Bay Times
There are too many convenient romances, trumped-up crises and reversals of conscience to clear up while those poor whales suffer. Big Miracle isn't an entirely bad movie but a wholly misguided one.
