The Third Miracle

This is a review for those who saw the film but didn't think it's first rate. I ask you to look again. So, pardon the spoiler. It takes confirmation of three miracles to elect a candidate to sainthood. By the end... Full review

Although it has a great performance by Ed harris, The Third Miracle fails in all other departments, and flops around like a fish out of water, and not really like a film, in other words its a badly writen, badly directed... Full review

Do not fault the actors on this one. Ed Harris and especialy Ann Heche do very well with the lame duck script they were presented with. Not to mention the glacier paced direction. The film has a dark somber look to... Full review

Much of the tension in this film relies on having <i>some</i> knowledge of the process of Canonization, by which the church officially recognizes a person as a Saint. A couple of minutes of exposition, perhaps at the moment when Father Frank... Full review

I am not well qualified to comment on this movie from any technical or artistic perspective. However, it has now become my favourite movie for one reason. As a man of faith, I have had to endure years of Hollywood trivializing... Full review

This film is amazingly crafted, well-acted and thought provoking. Ed Harris gives one of his best performances (in fact, I strongly believe he deserved an Oscar nomination for THIS and not the overrated Pollock). Anne Heche delivers a strong, three-dimensional performance... Full review

It was a treat watching this movie, being that I haven't checked out any low-budget or indie films in a long time. This is one of the lesser-known movies that is definitely worth watching. I was curious about it, mostly to... Full review

Yes, don't be late for this movie. What you see at the beginning sequence sets up the rest of the movie. It's the backbone of the plot. You have to take this film in whole. There are flashbacks. There are video... Full review

This doesn't ruin the The Third Miracle Frank's crisis of faith feels authentically rendered and Harris' performance makes it absorbing but it does prevent a good film from being great. That said, the mechanics of its detective-story plot ultimately overwhelm its stronger character studies, making this a noble but flawed affair. ... Full Review

The Third Miracle," from respected director Agnieszka Holland ("Europa, Europa"), has the faith but doesn't always have the follow-through.....The result is a decent, often thought-provoking film with some disappointingly weak moments.....The movie's point, brought home by a stretching-it coincidence involving an elegantly nasty bishop (Armin Mueller-Stahl) dead set against canonizing this "holy housewife," is simple and fulfilling:....A plot summary makes Holland's movie sound distressingly like last year' ... Full Review

Heche, though a good actress, is miscast.....There are some beautiful, sincerely moving moments in Miracle..... ... Full Review

But the film's self-importance and rambling, often-lost narrative (a perpetual problem in Holland's work) robs it of its luster.....The film, on the whole, is intriguing.... ... Full Review

Furthermore, poor Heche is cursed with stupid and embarrassing lines.....After a few surprises and some interesting cinematography, we are left with a well-worn and wholly predictable story of a crisis of faith.....The relationship between Roxanna and Frank is the weakest part of the film:....The mystery is interesting enough.... ... Full Review

A priest finds his faith tested when he's assigned to investigate a possible case of divine intervention. Rev. Frank Shore (Ed Harris) is a Catholic priest who works as a postulator, a church official who investigates reports of holy miracles... ... Full Article

On the heels of faith questioning flicks "Stigmata" and "Dogma," this miracle seeker from the director of "Europa Europa" and "The Secret Garden" is more poignant and provocative, but yet the material still comes off as trumped up and hollow. ... Full Article

MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"> Religion, when it is dealt with at all, is usually mocked in movies, and religious characters... ... Full Article

Catholic-themed movies.First was the inane Stigmata , a ludicrously sensational thriller whose religious aspects were played for shock value.A month later, Kevin Smith's bawdy opus Dogma splashed across the screens, provoking equal parts thought and embarrassment. ... Full Article

The Third Miracle* (PG-13) In the first few minutes of *The Third Miracle*, those who have suffered *Stigmata* will notice some parallelism: a statue of Mary bleeding from the eyes and a troubled Catholic priest investigating a miracle. ... Full Article