| Director | Agnieszka Holland |
|---|---|
| Producer | Fred Fuchs Steven Haft Elie Samaha |
| Writer | Richard Vetere John Romano |
| Starring | |
| Music | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zieliński |
| Editing | David Siegel |
| Studio | American Zoetrope Franchise Pictures |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Released | September 13, 1999 (TIFF); December 29, 1999 (United States) |
| Runtime | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross | $591,142[1] |
The Third Miracle is a 1999 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia.[2]
Plot
In Bystrica, Slovakia in 1944, near the end of World War II, an Allied bombing raid causes a tiny girl to pray for deliverance.
In Chicago, in 1979, Father Frank Shore (Ed Harris) is a priest, now a Postulator, who investigates claims of miracles for the Vatican performed by a devout woman whose death caused a statue of the Virgin Mary to bleed upon and cure a girl with terminal lupus. Now the woman has been nominated for sainthood.
Having never encountered a genuine miracle, he is known as the "Miracle Killer" for his track record for debunking false claims of miracles. Father Frank is suffering a crisis of faith when he is sent to investigate the miracles of a woman, the late Helen O'Regan who has been nominated for sainthood, and winds up becoming the greatest advocate for her canonization.[3]
Father Frank uncovers a series of extraordinary events but the most extraordinary thing of all may be the "saint's" very earthly daughter, Roxanne (Anne Heche). Roxanne is a non-believer who cannot forgive her otherwise selfless mother for abandoning her at the age of 16.[4]
Cast
- Ed Harris as Father Frank Shore
- Anne Heche as Roxanne
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Werner
- Michael Rispoli as John Leone
- Charles Haid as Bishop Cahill
- Barbara Sukowa as Helen
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to The Third Miracle was released on December 14, 1999.
Reception
Critical response
The Third Miracle has an approval rating of 68% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 34 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10.[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]
References
- ^ "The Third Miracle (1999) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Filming locations". IMDb. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (2010). "Movies: About The Third Miracle". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ "The Third Miracle (1999)". Retrieved 19 April 2018. – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Third Miracle | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "The Third Miracle". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
External links
- The Third Miracle at IMDb