The Miracle (1991 film)
{{Short description|1991 Irish film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Miracle
| image = The Miracle (1991 film).jpg
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| director = Neil Jordan
| producer = Redmond Morris
Stephen Woolley
| writer = Neil Jordan
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Beverly D'Angelo
- Donal McCann
- Niall Byrne
- Lorraine Pilkington
}}
| music = Anne Dudley
| cinematography = Philippe Rousselot
| editing = Joke van Wijk
| distributor = Miramax Films
Palace Films
| released = {{Film date|1991|04|05|United Kingdom|1991|07|3|United States|df=y}}
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $835,519{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=miracle.htm |title=The Miracle |publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=28 July 2009 }}
}}
The Miracle is a 1991 drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. It stars Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, and Niall Byrne.The Irish Filmography 1896-1996; Red Mountain Press (Dublin); 1996. Page 202 It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1991/02_programm_1991/02_Programm_1991.html |title=Berlinale: 1991 Programme |accessdate=2011-03-26 |work=berlinale.de}}
Plot
Two teenage friends, Jimmy (Niall Byrne) and Rose (Lorraine Pilkington) live in the small seaside town of Bray, Ireland. They spend their days wandering the streets and piers. To kill time, Rose and Jimmy make up stories about strangers on the street. One day, while watching people at the train station, a stylish older woman, Renee Baker (Beverly D'Angelo), stands out so imposingly from the dull townsfolk that Jimmy and Rose decide to follow her, infatuated with knowing everything about her. They pursue her to the beach and at last Renee speaks to them. When she looks at Jimmy, he's at once infatuated with this mystifying woman. Rose, who has feelings for Jimmy herself, decides to make him jealous by sleeping with a young lion tamer from a travelling circus (although she claims her real motivation was to set the animals free). Renee is eventually revealed to be Jimmy's mother, whom his father, Sam, had claimed was dead.{{cite web |url = https://allmovie.com/work/the-miracle-32799 |title = The Miracle - Plot synopsis |author = Brenner, Paul |accessdate = 2009-07-28 |website = Allmovie }}
Cast
- Beverly D'Angelo as Renee Baker
- Donal McCann as Sam
- Niall Byrne as Jimmy
- Lorraine Pilkington as Rose
- J. G. Devlin as Mr. Beausang
- Cathleen Delany as Miss Strange
- Tom Hickey as Tommy
- Shane Connaughton as Rose's Father
- Mikkel Gaup as Jonner
Reception
=Critical reception=
The film got mixed reviews upon its release in 1991. Critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a two star rating out of four saying, "Strange, how a movie of such delicate romantic sensibilities could go astray because of a heavy-handed plot."{{cite news |url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910719/REVIEWS/107190302/1023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080918/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910719/REVIEWS/107190302/1023 |title = The Miracle |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link = Roger Ebert |accessdate = 2009-07-28 |archive-date = 2011-06-06 |url-status = dead |date = 1991-07-19 |newspaper = Chicago Sun-Times }} On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 70% rating, based on reviews from 10 critics.{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1036129-miracle/ |title = The Miracle (1991) |access-date = 2023-08-28 |website = Rotten Tomatoes }}
=Box office=
Availability
After the film's theatrical run, the film was released on videocassette in January 1992 by Live Home Video and around the same time in Canada by Cineplex Odeon and MCA.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0102450}}
{{Neil Jordan}}
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Category:1990s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Neil Jordan