"Celebrating the Miracle of Everyday Life"

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What You Need To Know:
THE MIRACLE CLUB explores grief, forgiveness and miracles in a compelling, heartfelt way. The lead actresses deliver great performances. However, the movie’s opening is sometimes confusing, but ultimately the movie ties up the loose ends quite nicely. THE MIRACLE CLUB has a strong Christian, moral worldview, in a Catholic setting. In addition to stressing forgiveness, it celebrates the miracles of having a family and everyday life. There are also references to prayer, church, rosaries, and the Virgin Mary. However, THE MIRACLE CLUB has several strong obscenities and profanities, plus some irreverent jokes. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.
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THE MIRACLE CLUB is a comedy drama set in Ireland and France in 1967 where two elderly women in Ireland visit Lourdes, France, the famous Catholic healing shrine, with the estranged daughter of their friend who recently died, a trip that reopens some old wounds. THE MIRACLE CLUB explores grief, forgiveness and miracles in a compelling and heartfelt way and has some overt Christian, Catholic elements, but some strong foul language and irreverent jokes warrant extreme caution.
Lily (Maggie Smith) and her friend, Eileen (Kathy Bates), are grieving the death of their best friend, mother to Chrissie (Laura Linney). After 40 years away from her hometown in Ireland, Chrissie returns for the funeral.
Sadly, Lily and Eileen hate Chrissie for an unrevealed tragedy from the group’s past. Chrissie takes the criticism in stride but is hurt to know she didn’t truly know her mother. Eileen and Lily perform in a local church contest that awards the winners tickets to the sacred French city of Lourdes. Despite their old age, they team up with a much younger neighbor in their village, Dolly. Dolly is hoping to win the tickets to be able to find a cure for her son’s inability to speak.
The three women win a giant ham. However, a young boy, who’s friends with Dolly’s son, gives the group his tickets to Lourdes. Filled with excitement about the prospect of fulfilling their dream at such an old age, Lily and Eileen abandon everything to go with their local priest to Lourdes.
While Chrissie is cleaning out her mother’s old house, she finds a note where her mother apologizes for ostracizing her. Also, in the note, is a ticket to Lourdes. Seeing it as an opportunity to reconcile and find peace, Chrissie joins Eileen, Lily, Dolly, and Dolly’s son on their adventure to Lourdes.
However, tensions flare during the trip. Although they are there for a miracle for Dolly, the three old friends will need a miracle themselves to forgive one another for the past.
THE MIRACLE CLUB explores grief, forgiveness and miracles in a compelling, heartfelt way. The lead actresses put up great performances. However, the movie’s opening is sometimes confusing. Ultimately, though, the movie ties up the loose ends quite nicely.
THE MIRACLE CLUB has a strong Christian, moral worldview, in a Catholic setting. In addition to stressing forgiveness, it celebrates the miracles of having a family and everyday life. It also has references to prayer, church, rosaries, the Virgin Mary, and a heartwarming scene about a subtle miracle. However, THE MIRACLE CLUB has several strong obscenities and profanities, plus some irreverent jokes. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.
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