Throw in the cheesy dialogue, boring caricatures, and uneven direction and you have a movie that fails to execute even with the good story it has to work with.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2022

No great answers are provided and most everything is painted in broad family friendly strokes, but the film has heart and in this case that goes a long way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2021

There is some sorrow in Big Miracle, but there is, per the title, great joy as well. But perhaps the biggest miracle in the film is that, no matter what you believe, you won't come out of the movie feeling lectured or dismissed.

| Original Score: B | Feb 6, 2019

All in all, this is a solid family film.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 10, 2018

At least in Big Miracle people stop haranguing others across the aisle and start working together.

| Jun 25, 2018

But even more delightful is to see so many favorite actors, some of whom you'll know and others of whom you will recognize, having so much fun in a film that could have failed in so many different ways and instead triumphs.

| Sep 18, 2017

Big Miracle has all the important elements required to deliver a heartfelt family drama.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2017

"Big Miracle" is quite the whale of a tale. Miraculous? Maybe. Predictable? Mostly. Delightful? Absolutely.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 25, 2013

A heavy-handed script and an obnoxious main character help sink this environmental drama.

| Original Score: 2.0/5 | Jun 30, 2013

There are more subtle movies out there, but few more uplifting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2012

Big Miracle is invested with solid craftsmanship and a nuanced view of how idealism, pragmatism, and politics intersect.

| Original Score: B | Aug 17, 2012

This is, well, huge.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2012

funny, tear jerking, smart, and not a little subversive with a few well-place jabs at unexpectedly deserving parties as well as a few kudos in a few surprising places

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 20, 2012

Genial feelgood story inspired by a true story that made headlines in 1988.

| Original Score: B | Feb 20, 2012

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 18, 2012

Big Miracle, beyond its bland, nondescript title, delivers exactly what the coming attraction promised, an enjoyable save-the-whales" tale.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 13, 2012

The makers attempt to coat their fascinatingly bitter pill with saccharine. They are, however, only partially successful.

| Feb 11, 2012

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 11, 2012

[S]urprisingly pleasant... Feel-good hokum is achieved with a minimum of groans induced thanks to director Ken Kwapis' light touch...

| Feb 10, 2012

Big Miracle has some decent special effects and a young boy will help it to feel more relevant to children.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2012