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You Can Tentatively Add "Big Miracle" to the List of Bad Movies with Great Casts

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (6)

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So, Big Miracle looks like what might happen when Drew Barrymore decides to mobilize her celebrity PETA posse to make a movie (Full Disclosure: I have no idea if Drew Barrymore is a member of PETA). Big Miracle is based on a true story about several whales trapped in ice off the coast of Alaska. It looks really, really sappy, and really, really bad, but in a way that might be slightly watchable, thanks to the likes of Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Stephen Root, and Tim Blake Nelson.









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Comments

Krasinski stayed off the beard. Victories where you find them.

I still don't believe that "Dolphin Tale" is real. It's a TV movie, right? A pilot for a syndicated show? I'm impressed by how confused it makes me.

Posted by: Jay at September 23, 2011 9:55 AM

Going from memory on this, but it was half* a whale and an expenditure of $100,000,000,000,000.17* in ice cutters and helicopters and other gear to get it out. I like whales as much as the next guy -- nice, tasty whales -- but really, the cost/benefit ratio on this was extraordinary. You probably could have staffed and maintained every* animal shelter in the country with golden cages for 1,000* years on what got spent in this operation.

*--Numbers may be slightly exaggerated for effect.

Posted by: , at September 23, 2011 10:14 AM

Tim Blake Nelson? You sir, are better than this. The rest of those shmucks I can see signing on for this Lifetime Very Important Movie Message bullcrappola, but you? Disappointment is my name.

Also, was I high or did I see Mr. Nelson in Modern Family this week? What the whatthehell?

Posted by: Ghisent at September 23, 2011 10:16 AM

a. You forgot to mention Dermot Mulroney who I've had a soft spot for for years....
b. Whenever I see "inspired by a true story" my expectations sink incredibly low. Inspired? That usually means they changed everything about the story. It was probably lions in the Sahara desert stuck under a sand dune and they changed it for "dramatic effects". Boo.

Posted by: Hadar at September 23, 2011 3:31 PM

I'm already stocking up on Kleenex.

Posted by: Lauren at September 23, 2011 5:37 PM

Why does the guy in the pic have no mouth?

I agree with , up there about taking cost into consideration. I found a stray cat under my porch where it had apparently dragged itself after getting hit by a car. The vet told me it would be $1000, minimum, to fix all the breaks, and even then the cat would still have major problems. I couldn't see spending that much on a single cat (even if I could afford it) when there are so many others in need. Sometimes you need to clamp down on your emotional reaction and use a little logic.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 24, 2011 12:36 AM