2021 · adventure · drama · family
Blue Miracle
Directed by Julio Quintana1h 35m2021
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Our read: Blue Miracle (2021) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded adventure · drama · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle adventure / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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“You want a faith-tinged fishing underdog story with orphanage stakes.”
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