Big Miracle (PG)
- Starring: Kristen Bell, Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Tim Blake Nelson, Mark Ivanir, Stefan Kapicic
- Director: Ken Kwapis
- Duration: 123 mins
- Year: 2012
Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic grey whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Local newsman Adam Carlson can't wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. Rachel Kramer is an outspoken environmentalist and she's is also Calson's ex-girlfriend. With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales.
Reviews
Alison Rowat's Review
Back in 1988, the story of three whales trapped under the Alaskan ice was the drop the dead donkey tale of its day.
Director Ken Kwapis, with the aid of Drew Barrymore and others, recreates the three ring circus that sprang up as the media, environmental activists, and even the White House became involved.
Kwapis’s family drama milks everything he can from the whales’ predicament, which leads to a film that feels as long as a Scottish winter.
Stay tuned till the end to see a certain Republican party darling in an early incarnation as a sports reporter.