The Cokeville Miracle

2015

Action / Drama / Family / History / Mystery / Thriller

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 3031 3K

wyoming, usa miracle based on true story tragedy school shooting 1980s

Plot summary

On May 9, 1986, a small ranching community in Wyoming experiences a divine intervention when a couple detonates a bomb inside a crowded classroom.

Director

T.C. Christensen Photo
T.C. Christensen

Top cast

Nathan Stevens Photo
Nathan Stevens as David Young
Mason D. Davis Photo
Mason D. Davis as Ben Robbins
Paul D. Hunt Photo
Paul D. Hunt as Cunningham
Joshua Cooper Photo
Joshua Cooper as John Miller
1080p.BluRay
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by treetracer 7 / 10

Good movie about terror and faith

This movie won't be winning any awards for acting, although a couple of the kids were pretty good. And not the best special effects, but they did great for the budget they probably had to work with. Definitely did NOT get 80's fashion and hairstyles down, and I guarantee they took artistic liberties with the story. What movie doesn't?But look past that and you'll see a decent movie about a horrific event and how a tiny little town in Wyoming handled it. Real people, a real event, and how they overcame it all through prayer. If you don't believe in prayer or divine intervention, you'll hate this movie because you won't be able to see past your own bias.
Reviewed by joncheskin 7 / 10

Depends on Your Theology

The Cokeville Miracle is the true story of the May 16, 1986 incident in Cokeville, WY, where a lunatic and his wife entered the local elementary school with a bomb and an objective to blow up its students into a better hereafter. Those who know the incident know that the bomb accidentally went off but miraculously only the bomber and his wife (the perpetrators) were killed--all the kids and teachers made it out alive. The movie entertains the notion that the event was a real miracle ordained by God, and much of the drama centers around the local sheriff's attempt to make sense of the incident.The Cokeville Miracle is a completely Christian movie, and actually of a rather conservative variety. This means that whether you like this movie will substantially depend on your own personal beliefs. It is unquestionably a powerful movie in this context--the hostage drama is actually only part of a plot that centers around a crisis of faith in the Sheriff and the pain that this is causing his family. The story of a crisis of faith is a very old one, but is done well here, and for a Christian is of course the most important story that one can tell. Christians will find an incredible parable on the power of divine intervention and its potential to save souls- -it is right up the Christian's alley.If you are an atheist, however, you will probably find yourself in completely unfamiliar territory. You may find yourself rooting for the Sheriff to not give in to easy explanation of "miraculous intervention" that the story proposes. Furthermore, the Sheriff's struggle to find his personal faith may leave you feeling very unmoved, to say the least. The movie has the potential to draw many eye rolls, especially considering Jasen Wade's very earnest performance as the Sheriff.If there is a middle-ground, it perhaps lies in one's willingness to accept this drama for what it is--a drama about people in a small town and how they might react to this type of situation. In this sense, the movie is superb. I am not originally from a small rural town, but I did live in one for six years. As I watched the drama, I realized that so much of it was real--these people could have been my friends. The hostage drama was believable, if appalling. The tendency to explain the event as an intervention of God's hand was true-to-life, an essential aspect to how these folks would actually react. The story of the sheriff's crisis of faith, at least for the people that I knew (and cared for) struck me as spot-on and heart- rending in its context. There is much here that might offend or at least bore the outsider; to an insider, it is a really powerful movie.
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