The Miracle Season 2018

     The setting of this film is 2010 and it is based on the true story of the Iowa City West High School volleyball team.  Star volleyball player Caroline “Line” Found has died in a driving accident the first week of her senior year.  Her team is so dispirited and grief stricken from this event that they don’t know how they will play this season?  Their hearts and heads are just not in the game but they know Line would not want them to forfeit the season.  She would want them to play has hard as they can and win for her instead.  The state championship for the 2^nd time in a row is at stake for them.  The difficulty of winning a second time is more challenging than a first win. 

     I was very surprised at how little the movie team resembled the actual team??  I also thought that volleyball players would be meatier and I was right.  How can you win two championships and be model thin with no muscle??  Your hair and makeup must be perfect as well.  This film does show good games and you really want the team to win.  3* (This movie is OK)     

101 min, Drama directed by Sean McNamara with Helen Hunt, Erin Moriarty, William Hurt, Danika Yarosh, Jason Gray-Stanford, Natalie Sharp, Tiera Skovby, Lillian Doucet-Roche,  Nesta Cooper, Burkely Duffield, Jillian Fargey, Vanessa Wiebe, Casssandra Bagnell, Rebecca Stabb.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 50% critic 86% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Common Sense Media age 8+, positive messages 4*, positive role models 4*, violence & scariness 1*, sexy stuff 1*, no language and consumerism, Metacritic 44 out of 100 with 13 critics 7.9 out of 10 with 11 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  In the opening scene of the movie mountains are shown in the distance.  The nearest mountains to Iowa City, Iowa are west of Denver, Colorado, over 800 miles to the west.  Caroline’s father Dr. Ernie Found is shown in the beginning of the movie.  He is a fan in the stands.  Some of the facts in this film have been changed but the majority is an accurate account.