I call this the Picture of the Year, not because it's good, but because I watch about one movie a year, and this just happened to be it for 2012.
Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, and a bunch of other actresses and actors I didn't recognize join forces to save a family of three whales who are too dumb to make it to the open sea for the winter. That's about all you need to know about the plot.
The storyline - allegedly "based on a true story" - is sickenly sweet. The Greenpeace activist (Drew) gets chummy with the oil tycoon (Ted). The Eskimos get chummy with the gringos. The Russians get chummy with the Americans. And two rednecks from Minnesota get chummy with anyone else. I kept expecting everybody to break out singing Kumbaya at any point.
I watched this while on our Alaskan Cruise, so at least there was a climate tie-in. As a 107-minute piece of fluff, it does okay. Thing is, I cooda just as easily watched Hunger Games. Poor choice, Terry.
Big Miracle is rated PG, the gods only knows what for. We'll give it 4*/10. Add another 2 stars if you enjoy those TV "Hallmark movies" that are on every Sunday night.
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