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The Third Miracle

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The Third Miracle
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgnieszka Holland
Written byRichard Vetere
John Romano
Produced byFred Fuchs
Steven Haft
Elie Samaha
Starring
CinematographyJerzy Zieliński
Edited byDavid Siegel
Music byJan A.P. Kaczmarek
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • September 13, 1999 (1999-09-13) (TIFF)
  • December 29, 1999 (1999-12-29) (United States)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$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

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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, Roxane (Anne Heche). Roxane is a non-believer who cannot forgive her otherwise selfless mother for abandoning her at the age of 16.[4]

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The soundtrack to The Third Miracle was released on December 14, 1999.

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Interrupted Dream: Opening Titles"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1:33
2."Bystricia At War"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:51
3."First Prayer"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:18
4."Frank and Roxanne"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek3:33
5."Before Your Eyes"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:53
6."Prayer At The Lake"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1:27
7."Falcone"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1:49
8."Domine Jesu"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1:11
9."Call From Bystricia"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:12
10."Helen O'Reagan"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:49
11."They Call You A Miracle Killer"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek0:43
12."Meeting In The Hospital"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:59
13."Ordinary Woman"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:18
14."Maria In The Hospital"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:34
15."I Wanted It To Be True"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:15
16."The Confession"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1:57
17."Unfinished Love Story"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:55
18."Farewell"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1:09
19."Memories From The Lake"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek2:22
20."The Bleeding Statue"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek4:49
21."The Third Miracle"Jan A.P. Kaczmarek3:20
Total length:49:57[5]

Reception

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Critical response

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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.[6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]

References

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  1. ^ "The Third Miracle (1999) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Filming locations". IMDb. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (2010). "Movies: About The Third Miracle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "The Third Miracle (1999)". Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  5. ^ The Third Miracle Soundtrack AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2014
  6. ^ "The Third Miracle | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  7. ^ "The Third Miracle". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
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