Miracle à minuit

This is such a great movie. I taped it off TV and I watch it at least once a week. I really love war movies, but I have to say that this one is the best I've ever seen. It portrays the war in a nonviolent way. I also have to say that Justin Whalin and Nicola Mycroft are great actors and actresses, some of the best I've seen. I hope they do more acting. For those of you who have not seen this movie, I recommend that you see it because it is so great!!

Outstanding film reliving the events of Rosh Hashanah, 1943 in Denmark. After occupying the country for 3 years, the Nazis chose the solemn Rosh Hashanah holiday to arrest people.

The film showed the courage of the Danish people in hiding the Jews on that fateful night. There had always been a strong feeling of toleration towards all groups in Denmark unlike the other European countries. Did not the king of Denmark wear the obligatory Yellow Badge when all Danish Jews were required to do so?

Sam Waterston and Mia Farrow are excellent as the surgeon and his wife, both of whom aid in the rescue attempt.

This is a fine film detailing the human spirit. Anne Frank would have been so proud of the actions of the Danes as she so ardently believed that all people are basically good.

The story is fine, but nothing special. Same story as other movies on helping jewish people during the war. What really bothers me about this movie is the unrealistic way they go about hiding the jewish people.

In reality, the jewish people were not so stupid, as in the movie, that they were wearing jewish clothe and jewish hats, while trying to hide from the germans who was comming to get them. Ofcourse in reality they did everything they could to not look jewish and they certainly did not wear jewish clothes or hold jewish ceremonies in a hospital where they knew the germans could walk in any minute. This movie could have been good, but this unrealistic stupidity througout the movie ruins it.

In Denmark during the thick of WWII, Benedick Blythe wants to impress Hitler by suddenly rounding up all the Jews in his district, even though the Nazi occupation has left the townspeople alone for three years. He gets the bright idea of arresting everyone in a surprise attack on Rosh Hashanah, but Patrick Malahide, a sympathetic Nazi, warns those in danger. With only a few days' notice, everyone pulls together to hide their friends and smuggle them to safety in Sweden.

While this is a Disney TV movie, it's actually pretty exciting! Sam Waterston takes the lead, since he's a doctor and can hide hundreds of people in his hospital. His wife, Mia Farrow, is reluctant to help at first because she fears for her children's safety, but she quickly gets on board and helps out. Both Sam and Mia, who have previously been in four films together, have a comfortable and caring chemistry, and they both give great tension-filled performances.

Miracle at Midnight is a wonderful true story that's inspiring and heartfelt. Director Ken Cameron doesn't make it feel like a typical TV movie, and those who particularly like WWII-set films will enjoy learning about this little-known story. Even audiences who don't normally like these types of movies because of the gruesomeness might make an exception for this one. It's completely family friendly and could even be shown in schools. With great acting and some very smart suspenseful scenes, this is a great movie to pop in after dinner on a school night.

This was a very captivating movie. A Danish family becomes involved in helping Jews. The son (Henrik) is in the resistance and keeps it a secret from his family, sure they would forbid him to continue because of the danger. The father, a doctor, decides he must do what he can to help the Jews when he hears of the news of the Germans coming to route out and kill Jews. He hides a family (friends of theirs) in the attic. There are many tense and action-packed scenes. The acting is great. I wish the people didn't feel they had to lie to save the Jews, though. (Corrie Ten Boom is a good example of someone who hid Jews and told the truth, being put in a concentration camp herself. What strong belief that is.) There were also a couple of kisses (if you worry about that kind of thing), but nothing more than that. Overall I give this movie a solid thumbs up and it is a striking example of the bravery of many people during the war.