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Miracle

This is the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that stunned the world with their upset victories over the U.S.S.R. and other world-wide powerhouses. I saw the coach Herb Brooks and several other players from the 1980 team at a U.S. hockey game in the 2002 Olympics, so I had a special interest in seeing what direction they were going to take this movie. With such a naturally compelling underdog storyline, I'm pretty surprised that this movie hadn't been made previously. I like how they didn't deify the coach Herb Brooks, but instead portrayed him as a stubborn perfectionist that cared more about winning than being liked. Kurt Russell did a good job of owning the Brooks character, even if the Minnesotan accent wasn't quite as consistent as his overall performance. There's quite a bit of hockey in this movie, especially the last fifteen mintues, but you don't have to love hockey to like this movie. A decent movie appropriate for the whole family.

Miracle
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