The Miracle Club Review – A Heartwarming, Inspirational, Comedic Drama

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Category: Indies, Docs, Foreign Film

Published on Thursday, 06 July 2023 16:48

Written by Janet Walker

The Miracle Club, from Sony Pictures Classic, presents an inspirational story of hope and faith as three generations of friends, each with their own burden brought back together through tragedy, make a pilgrimage in search of healing.

The story begins in Ballygar, Ireland in 1967, where life is challenging, centered around family and church. Money is tight and loss and the wounds of the past seem to have cast a long shadow on the lives of the close friends, Lily, played by Maggie Smith, Eileen, played by Kathy Bates, and Dolly, played by Agnes O'Casey.

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The women all share one dream to win a to win a pilgrimage to the sacred Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Southern France, the place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year, so when the church arranged a talent show, with the grand prize winner receiving a ticket, the women, against the stern rebuke of their spouses became a singing trio.

At this time, we see a woman, Chrissie, played by Laura Linney, who we later understand hasn’t been back to her home for forty years and only arrived today for the funeral of her mother. We clearly understand that while she is very appreciative of the church’s efforts on her mother’s behalf, we also understand she does not want to be indebted to them. Without being told it becomes painfully obvious she has only returned for the funeral.

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As destiny, fate, circumstance, chance, kismet, or God would have it, each of the women find a way to be on the bus when it is departing for France. Of course, the hotel has each of the women sharing a room. The discomfort of Chrissie sharing a room with Lily begins to melt the forty years of heartache between them.

The next day the group tours The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes where sacred Catholicism history states the Virgin Mary appeared and people the world over arrive hoping for a miraculous healing. Our group are also hoping for a miracle, each with faith that could move mountains and believe that this trip and immersion in the sacred water will give them what they are seeking.

Circumstances and the lack of evidence of a miracle cause old wounds to be reopened along the way, forcing the women to confront their pasts. The deep wounds they each hold can only be healed by the power of love and friendship. 

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The Miracle Club, a heartwarming and inspirational comedic drama, delivers a mighty message of hope.

The story is well written, and the cast has taken the script, injected both comedy and drama and brought to the screen an emotive journey of hopefulness and disappointment and allows the audience the travel the journey of faith with them, witnessing when the smallness of our vision negates even the possibility that miracles really do happen, is when we begin to understand that miracles happen every day.

An enjoyable emotional roller coaster ride, The Miracle Club, opens exclusively in theaters July 14, 2023. See it.

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Country: Ireland, France.

Runtime: 91 minutes.

Release Date: July 14, 2023.

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan.

Producer: Larry Bass, Chris Curling, Aaron Farrell, John P. Gleeson, Oisin O’Neill, Alixandre Witlin.

Writers: Joshua Maurer, Timothy Prager, Jimmy Smallhorne.

Cast: Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Stephen Rea, Agnes O'Casey, Mark O’Halloran, Mark McKenna, Niall Buggy, Hazel Doupe.