“A Timely tale of strong independent females”
“Somehow manages to be sweet and progressive, as well as a timely release in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp.”
“Empowering not because it tells a story of girls triumphing in a man's world, but because it shows us girls flourishing in their own world, on their own terms, surrounded by supportive friends and nice boys and well-meaning parents.”
…oh wait, these are reviews for the movie Blockers, not The Miracle Season.
I gotta say that I was generally stunned that at the inverse reaction from critics about these two films. You have a movie that is basically a female version of a Seth Rogen film getting high praise for being progressive and pushing feminism (No seriously, NPR really said “The film is socially progressive in tone, but delivers the big, broad hijinks of a Seth Rogen movie.”). Then you have a real life empowering tale of a group of high school girls who rally behind the memory of their fallen teammate to win back to back state titles…and critics are tearing it apart.
I wrote about the Rotten Tomatoes culture war not too long ago and seeing how this film got 35% with critics but a 94% with audiences, while the Blockers film is certified fresh with 82% but audiences …show more content…
The Miracle Season is based on the real-life of the Iowa City West High School volleyball team after the sudden death of team leader Caroline Found in 2011. Shortly after winning the Iowa state championship, the team captain and emotional leader, Caroline "Line" Found, dies in an accident. As an entire community is left devastated, Caroline best friend Kelley is left with the task of bringing the team together in the memory of her friend and in the process do what few teams have done before and that's winning back to back titles under emotionally impossible
“Somehow manages to be sweet and progressive, as well as a timely release in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp.”
“Empowering not because it tells a story of girls triumphing in a man's world, but because it shows us girls flourishing in their own world, on their own terms, surrounded by supportive friends and nice boys and well-meaning parents.”
…oh wait, these are reviews for the movie Blockers, not The Miracle Season.
I gotta say that I was generally stunned that at the inverse reaction from critics about these two films. You have a movie that is basically a female version of a Seth Rogen film getting high praise for being progressive and pushing feminism (No seriously, NPR really said “The film is socially progressive in tone, but delivers the big, broad hijinks of a Seth Rogen movie.”). Then you have a real life empowering tale of a group of high school girls who rally behind the memory of their fallen teammate to win back to back state titles…and critics are tearing it apart.
I wrote about the Rotten Tomatoes culture war not too long ago and seeing how this film got 35% with critics but a 94% with audiences, while the Blockers film is certified fresh with 82% but audiences …show more content…
The Miracle Season is based on the real-life of the Iowa City West High School volleyball team after the sudden death of team leader Caroline Found in 2011. Shortly after winning the Iowa state championship, the team captain and emotional leader, Caroline "Line" Found, dies in an accident. As an entire community is left devastated, Caroline best friend Kelley is left with the task of bringing the team together in the memory of her friend and in the process do what few teams have done before and that's winning back to back titles under emotionally impossible