smlivingstone-01394 ...to even trust a thing about this movie. I don't believe I've ever seen more relatives, friends and/or the filmmakers themselves try to weight the reviews and ratings for a movie more egregiously than this. Each 10 star review is written to one of two exact same formats, using the exact same style and praising the exact same things about the movie; even one of the reviewer's last name was the same as the family of filmmakers who produced this well meaning but gigantic yawn of a film.Like I said, the film is at least well meaning and inoffensive. If that is all you require for your viewing pleasure, then go for it. But there are enough good films out there, even family and/or Christian oriented ones, to occupy the little time we all have to spend on entertainment. Don't waste a precious 1 hour and 23 minutes of your life on semi- professional movie-making that will leave you scratching your head over the plot and mourning the death of your brain cells.

obm4 I honestly can't see why all the critics on here; say bad things about good movies and good things about bad ones?Oh look at the scenery,oh pretty music,wow so real?One could not call this one realistic by any means.The husband gets attacked and shot by bad guys,falls over a cliff.They look for him once run into the bad guys give up looking.They did'nt tell anyone like the army, who is the law in them days that he's lost,shot,the bad guys?Never played up the feelings of the grandpa and Indian chief to get into the characters so we could feel good when they bonded?This was a very low,badly written movie.Take it for what it is, and it's a clean movie at least.Gary

runnoft-1 I'm watching the movie right now, so I don't know how it ends.Um, Christmas-time in Wyoming, and there's green leaves, green grass, flowing water, shirt-sleeve attire, no breath fog.. meaning, it's not very cold in Lusk, Wyoming in December?? WHAT? The Indian woman was washing clothes outside, sleeves rolled up, in December, in Wyoming. Wyoming has long, wicked-cold, windy winters. That immediately took a lot of the reality away. It was filmed in Arizona, they should have just set the story there, as "Wyoming Territory" didn't have much to do with the story. There were homesteaders and Indians in Arizona, too. It's just too unbelievable. Maybe later it snows in the movie, but I've been to Wyoming, and seen it snow in JUNE, and I've been there in February and it was very cold and windy. Nobody went out in just light jackets.They filmmakers must take us as people who all live in LA or NY, people who know nothing about geography and what places look like, and people who don't ever travel. I've seen some movies supposed to be Wyoming, but filmed in Canada, and you can't tell. The terrain in THIS movie didn't look at ALL like Wyoming.Bad acting, especially the Grandfather Indian character. Unneeded choppy "Indian Accent". Words used I don't think someone new to the language would use.Here's another: A mother and her son are sitting right by a fireplace that has a good crackling fire in it. She feels his head and determines he has a fever. How could she tell? Being a mother, I know better than to forehead-feel a kid for a fever when they're a few feet from a fire.Snore.You want a good western? See Lonesome Dove. See Tombstone. See Open Range. See anything else.

rwmiller7 I have now seem the "Miracle" twice and it gets an A+ with a few critical comments. On the positive side, the casting was excellent, and Carridine was so perfect for the part. Thadd Turner, writer, Director play one very nasty sergeant. The scenes and the time of shoot and the sky and the landscapes were ideal.The music was great for the scenes and the pace worked. The Judges wife was a little to perfect having just rode on a stage coach, not a wrinkle or a hair out of place.. Only other thought, the Signs in town were brand new and perfect and looks like painted 1 hour ago.Wyatt Turner who must be about 10 was a seasoned actor and play his part with real authority and he was still and believable..All in all my favorite movie for 2006. Robert W. Miller