Miracles from Heaven Review
By Emily Davis
Miracles from Heaven is a dramatic film directed by Patricia Riggen about a young girl facing a life-threatening illness. It is being shown in Taft and Bakersfield.
This film is based on a book written by Christy Beam. The book tells the story of Christy Beam’ s daughter Anna Beam and her battle with a rare digestive disorder and the miracle that healed Anna.
Miracles from Heaven is a great movie. However, it wasn’t what I expected. I was expecting the movie to be about the miracle that Anna experienced from the beginning. In other words, there was more information about the events leading up to the miracle. The movie also focused more on the mother’s experiences rather than Anna’s experiences.
Throughout the movie, Jennifer Garner, who played Christy Beam, struggles with her faith as she watched her middle child suffer through a very painful disorder. Garner put her whole self into the role. While watching the movie I really felt like Garner was the mother of the children in the movie.
The way that she reacted to the situations was very convincing. Garner never over-acted or under-acted to any of the situations that her character faced.
The children in the movie were also outstanding actors, especially Kylie Rogers, who played Anna Beam. Rogers performance was very convincing. When her character was in pain she convinced me that she was really in pain.
The same thing goes for when she was happy, sad, or angry. The movie ended in a whirlwind of emotions as the Beam family emotionally broke down but only to become stronger and more faithful than ever.
Overall Miracles from Heaven is a very well put together, emotional, and heart touching movie. Whether you are a religious person or not I would highly recommend this movie. I left the movie theater with a full heart and a great message of faith.