8/13/2023 0 Comments Blue miracle raymond cruz![]() As much as Omar loves the children, supporting them, and giving them a life that they would never have without him, the funding for the home is dwindling, and without a miracle, it might need to be sold. Most of the kids are boys, dealt hands in life that involved parents that are dead, addicted, or in jail, but Omar has become a father to all of them. Rightfully so, because for Omar and a lot of these kids, life has never been fair. There’s initial headbutting, resistance, and digging in the heels. Directed by Julio Quintana and co-wrote with Chris Dowling, we are first introduced to Omar when he’s meeting a local police officer, bringing him a teenager he caught stealing, with hopes that maybe he could talk to the boy, take one more stray into his home, and set him on the straight path. It’s all based on a true story, so the native tongue of this should be Spanish, and along with the look and narrative, this is a sanitized version of a feel good story. It may seem like small potatoes to some, but a part of Blue Miracle that bothered me was how it is a story set in Mexico, yet every character, from the star to the last kid in the orphanage, speaks English. Blue Miracle has the best intentions at heart, but it’s better to just cut bait than to suffer, painfully trying to reel this movie in. The bigger problem is that nothing about it is cinematic and everything about it is forced. It’s a bit of The Bad News Bears on a boat or Angels in the Outfield with marlins. The premise is sweet, telling the story about an orphanage run in Cancun, Mexico, and how the leader of the home, Omar (Jimmy Gonzalez) tries to save the orphanage by winning a big championship fishing tournament. Blue Miracle is not that movie, try as hard as it might. The problem with that though is it still needs to be a story worth telling, a narrative that can fit into an entire feature, and have audiences feeling a sense of pride at the end. In times like these I am all for movies that can be uplifting or bring out a sense of happiness to a world that can seem cold. ![]() STARRING: JIMMY GONZALEZ, DENNIS QUAID, BRUCE MCGILL, RAYMOND CRUZĪ’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4)
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