Big Miracle starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski is a big shiny Hollywood production based on a true story of an adventure in Barrow, Alaska, to rescue three gray whales who are trapped in the ice. Watching the movie is a disorientating experience according to our film critic.
In an odd aligning of the cinematic planets, two quite good movies set amongst the Inupiats of Barrow, Alaska have become available on DVD within the last few weeks. Barrow is the northernmost city in the United States, and previously was the setting of the bloody awful vampire movie 30 Days of Night. Both of these movies are much better than that one.
The shiny big one with the hollow insides is Big Miracle. Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski lead a cast full of recognizable faces in an adventure to free three gray whales who are trapped in the ice and unable to migrate south to sunny Baja.
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