The Miracle Club

The best journeys take you home.

Ballygar, Ireland, 1967. A hard-knocks community in outer Dublin marches to its own beat, rooted in traditions of loyalty, faith and togetherness. There’s just one tantalising dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom and escape the gauntlet of domestic life: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. And with a little benevolent interference from their cheeky and rebellious priest, close friends Lily, Eileen, Dolly and Sheila are the ’lucky’ few to win this ticket of a lifetime at their riotous local raffle night.

90 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Drug abuse).
Comedy, Drama, Female interest, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Now we are both free...

Credits

Cast	Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Agnes O'Casey, Stephen Rea, Mark O'Halloran
Director	Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Screenplay	Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager, Joshua D. Maurer
Music	Edmund Butt
Cinematography	John Conroy
Editing	Alex Mackie
Made in	2023
Produced by	Zephyr Films, City Films Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Embankment Films, BCP Asset Management, City Films I, ShinAwil Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some language
Runtime	90
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

12A: Suitable for 12 years and older	Infrequent implied strong language, References to abortion and suicide
Runtime	90
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 24 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 105 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Thanks to a talented ensemble cast whose performances enhance a somewhat predictable story, The Miracle Club’s charms outnumber its clichés.	13
CommonSenseMedia Kat Halstead Heartwarming comedy-drama has mature themes, some language.	15
What the People say
Rottentomatoes users 100+ users	15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	17
The Movie DB Community	12
Average .. 66%	13