Review of Miracles from Heaven (2016) by C_Mullin — 22 Oct 2016

Recently, there has been movies coming out claiming that heaven is real: like “90 Minutes in Heaven” and “Heaven Is For Real.” After those movies came out, “Miracles From Heaven” came right after. Miracles from Heaven was based off a true story. This story is a very emotional especially to those who are parents because you will be able to relate or start thinking “What if this happened to my daughter/son?”.

The movie tells a story about a young girl, Anna Beam (Kylie Rogers) and her family’s sad story that turned out to be an incredible and memorable story. She was fine at first but then started to get pains in her stomach. She went to several doctors to find out what was going on and finally they said she has a rare, incurable disorder that leaves her unable to digest food. Her mother and father, Christy Beam (Jennifer Garner) , searches everywhere for a cure for her daughter but didn’t have any luck. Until one day, Anna was messing around on a hollow tree with her 2 sisters, Abbie and Adelynn Beam. Anna fell in the tree and didn’t get hurt and her disorder was miraculously gone.

This movie was directed by Patricia Riggens. Patricia is a Mexican film director. She is known for directing the film Lemonade Mouth in 2011 and Under the Same Moon in 2007. Patricia took a family's story and brought it into a movie. She brings to life the despair felt by the family. She showed how the mother desperately searched everywhere to try and find a cure for her daughter making risks and sacrifices along the way. Patricia Riggens showed that the mother loved and cared for her daughter a bunch.

The movie showed the perspective of Anna so the audience can see and feel the emotion the character (Anna Beam) is feeling. It also shows how the mother is losing hope more and more as she continues to search for a cure but is unable to find one. Christy Beam did not give up, though, she continued because she can’t stand to see her child in pain. Although I did not like how the dad and the sisters were not involved as much. The movie only shows the mother rushing around trying to search for a cure. The father, Kevin Beam (Martin Henderson) didn’t even want her to leave with any to go search. If I were him, I would have gone with them Something could have happened while Christy and Anna were away or something could have happened to Anna and Christy that they would have needed help but instead, they went alone but other than that they seemed to be parents that cared about their kids a ton. The father and the other kids, Abby and Hailey Beam.

Overall, did a great job directing the film. She could have cleared it up a bit more; it seemed the mother cared for the child more than the father. Other than that, this story was an amazing, emotional story that is one of my favorites.