The Miracle Worker fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Tense
Deeply moving and uplifting
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Serious throughout
A real life story, history, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Standout sound design
Tense
The Miracle Worker is tense.
Deeply moving and uplifting
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, uplifting, and cathartic. Much of it is about family and growing up.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
A real life story, history, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around a real life story, history, and family. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
Standout sound design
Look and sound: the sound design stand out.
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The Miracle Worker is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Philo, MGM+, and TCM in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 86/100 (IMDb 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 83). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 46 min
The Miracle Worker runs 1 h 46 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 90 and audiences 83 out of 100, so both groups see The Miracle Worker much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $500,000 to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 5.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+66GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Miracle Worker in 80 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 48 storytelling tropes for The Miracle Worker, including Hidden Depths, Teeth Flying, Trash the Set.
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