Big Miracle (2012)

Directed by

Ken Kwapis

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 529 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three gray whales are trapped under ice in a remote Alaskan village. Local journalists, animal activists, and oil companies join forces to save them.

heartwarminghopefullightheartedtenseinspiringbittersweetfeel-goodwarmearnest

What happens

Big Miracle, originally known as Everybody Loves Whales, is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Ken Kwapis. It stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book Big Miracle (originally titled Freeing the Whales), which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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