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Blue Miracle

Blue Miracle

Adventure · Drama · Family · 2021

To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.

Movie details

Blue Miracle

2021 Adventure · Drama · Family 1h 35m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Blue Miracle?

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Taste neighbourhood

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The Old Man and the Sea

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Anne of Green Gables

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Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

Drama · 1974

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Julio Quintana

Written by

Chris Dowling · Julio Quintana

Jimmy Gonzales

Jimmy Gonzales

Omar

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Wade

Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony Gonzalez

Geco

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Wayne Bisbee

Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz

Hector

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Tricia Bisbee

Fernanda Urrejola

Fernanda Urrejola

Becca

Court is in session

Put Blue Miracle on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.