As in all Romanian cinema, it is underlined by a permanent evaluation of the country's contradictions, its sense of failure and guilt, and the attempts to find that miracle beating there, among the most mundane. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 12, 2023

Milagro paves its way towards a mysterious outcome, with a strong mystical imprint, again with water as an aggrandizing and deforming element, although open-ended enough not to impose its dogmas. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2023

A subtly directed thriller that examines a post-communist Romania devastated by corruption and bureaucracy... [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 22, 2022

A powerful and painful drama that’s expertly executed in every possible way.

| Jun 27, 2022

Nothing about Miracle is clear-cut or easy to comprehend, but it is compelling.

| Jun 11, 2022

Devastatingly brilliant. It's incredibly hard to watch.

| Jun 11, 2022

Apetri...shows us how these people behave, and what they prioritize, and through their actions, we learn who they really are.

| Jun 6, 2022

The Romanians know how to make a policier.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 5, 2022

From its opening, there’s a distinct sense of unease shrouded over Miracle.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 3, 2022

“Miracle” is busy on the eye. As in a documentary, we follow the characters around from one task, whether grim or menial, to the next. Stand back, however, and Apetri’s careful patterning can be discerned.

| Jun 3, 2022

[T]he real impact of Miracle is in coming to understand how much we have misunderstood.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 3, 2022

Spellbinding, suspenseful and engrossing.

| Jun 3, 2022

The real miracle of this film is in its performances and direction.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 2, 2022

The narrative does not entirely pull itself into a satisfying arc, but the film nevertheless unfolds with dexterity and suspense.

| Jun 2, 2022

Apetri tells a story that’s as faithful to Romanian life and film as it is original in terms of exploring genre in a new way.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 2, 2022

With impressive cinematography at every stage, the film hinges on two magnificent slow, circular sequences, one in the middle and one at the end, each of which resets the narrative.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 1, 2022

Notoriously brutal, the first part is as realistic as the unflinching idea of revenge that follows it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 24, 2022

Oleg Mutus outstanding camerawork and a superb performance by Ioana Bugarin help to paper over the unevenness of Bogdan George Apetris film about a novice nun who experiences a horrific trauma and the investigation that ensues.

| Feb 26, 2022

Simple in scope, yet complex and precise in its execution, the result is a marvel befitting its title.

| Original Score: A | Nov 29, 2021

[A] chilling, constantly intriguing film...

| Nov 29, 2021