Miracles

Miracles tells the story of two exes who find themselves entangled on a drawn out drug smuggling scheme that resulted into them being stranded in South America with no one believing their stories.

Its fine.

It is practically like Romancing the Stone. They practically stuck the hated exes in the film. I just I cannot believe for the love of god believe they made a lawyer a nagging wife role. It such a whiplash of a characterization. Like, she literally does work AND you make her almost unable to do anything sensible.

Very uninspired stuff. I really wished that they actually did not fall in those shameful pratfalls of romcom.

How can you top Tom Conti, Terri Garr, Paul Rodriguez, Christopher Lloyd and a good script? Lots of very clever and subtle (some not-so-subtle) humor as well as a nice message run through this delightful movie.

I've always liked Terri Garr anyway (Full Moon in Blue Water, After Hours, and, of course, Young Frankenstein]), so it wasn't much of a stretch for me to love this film.

This is the kind of film that turns up at 7AM Sunday morning on a cable movie channel...in point of fact, that's where I first saw it...and catches you by surprise. As soon as it's out in DVD I'm going to snap it up.

Besides, any movie that can make the line "look for feet ground" hilarious gets my vote.

I love this movie. Roger (Tom Conti) and Jean (Terri Garr) are a newly-divorced couple who meet again by accident (literally!) and wind up on a truly incredible journey. Christopher Lloyd has a supporting role as a mad pilot.

My favourite parts are the witchdoctor, the plane landing sequence and the jailbreak and its consequences. The only false note is Tom Conti's American accent, but it's easy to overlook as the rest of the movie hangs together so well.

9 out of 10 from me!

and undoubtedly the only one to contain a reference to oral sex. I must confess that the "Miracles" of the title were not apparent to me as such until the second viewing.

In this film, every prayer (Even an "Oh God!") is answered, in such a way as to be unapparent to the beneficiary. Conversely, every use of you-know-Who's name in vain is swiftly punished in the same manner. Especially, note the prayer that opens the film and how it is eventually answered.

Nothing flashy, no parting of the Red Sea or the sun standing still in the Heavens--just a deft touch to give the deserving a little help when needed.

I'm a Tom Conti fan and was attracted to the movie because he was in it. After seeing it the first time I tried to count the number of miracles that occurred. Little ones and big ones, but what I liked best was how all the little miracles kept bringing the hero closer to where he was needed. I didn't realize this until the end of the movie. I enjoyed the way the relationship between the husband and wife changed due to adversity, how they came to depend on each other rather than being independent. The love story is honest, the adventure scenes exciting, the photography clear and colorful, not drab and gloomy. I've seen this movie several time and whenever I have a chance I get someone who hasn't seen it over to watch it. This is a great little movie with a big message.