Big Miracle-Movie Review

I had the opportunity to take my son, daughter & daughter's friend to see the preview of Big Miracle this past weekend. The movie is based on a true story about a family of grey whales that becomes trapped in the ice in Barrow, Alaska- is rated PG & now playing! Click HERE for the movie website.

This story is a heart warming tale about the efforts to free the animals, unlikely friendships and never giving up. My favorite line in the movie is when Adam Carlson (Krasinski-aka Jim from The Office) says to Rachel Kramer (Barrymore)"There is nothing you can do." Rachel replies with a "There is always something you can do." A great idea & lesson for all of us to remember.

This movie was great, I loved it, the two 8 year olds loved it and even my 4 year old watched & he made it through the whole movie (which can be kind of a Big Miracle too!). My recommendation would be this is a movie for a little bit older kids-probably closer to 6 if you're watching it in the theatre. There is a curse word or two, but I felt this was an overall great family movie.

The scenes were pretty amazing, lots of snow & ice, they looked cold for sure& I felt the characters were really emotionally attached to the whales & the outcome.  Oh & the whales-very cool too!!! One surprising twist to the movie-was my daughter's questions about what was real, what didn't really happen but made a good story & finally asking how we could find out more-I am so excited that the movie inspired her to want to learn more about these real life events-we're not calling it history or research yet but that is exactly what she is doing!  We came home & I purchased the book right away-I'll read it first, but she is excited! Here it is on Amazon!

If you go to see the movie, please let me know what you think-I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

PS. If you're a crier  take a few tissues there are a few scenes that will have you teary eyed for sure!