The Third Miracle (1999)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Dec 29, 1999
Running Time: 119 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Father Frank Shore is a charismatic priest who serves as a church-appointed "spiritual detective," probing the facts behind reported miracles. Nicknamed "The Miracle Killer" following a disturbing incident, Father Frank is on the brink of hopelessness, living on the streets as a lay person. A powerful Bishop tracks him down and hands him an unwanted mission: he must journey to St. Stanslaus in the heart of Chicago where mystical phenomena are said to be taking place surrounding a recently deceased immigrant woman. There Father Frank uncovers a series of extraordinary events, but the most extraordinary thing of all may be the "saint's" very earthly daughter, Roxanna--a fiesty, angry non-believer who cannot forgive her otherwise selfless mother for abandoning her at the age of 16. The closer he gets to proving his first real case of a miracle, the closer he gets to Roxanna--whose alluring reality brings his doubts and desires to the fore, imperiling the very foundation of his investigation.
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Father Frank Shore
Roxanna
Archbishop Werner
Father Paul Panak
Brother Gregory
Maria Witkowski
John Leone
Bishop Cahill
Cardinal Sarrazin
Cardinal Nola
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Dramatizing something internal, like a crisis of faith, is a nearly impossible task. Kevin Smith tried to play the situation for laughs in his uneven but very reverential comedy "Dogma."

Director Agnieska Holland and screenwriters John Romano and Richard Vetere (working from Vetere's novel) take a dramatic approach to the topic with "The Third Miracle." Clearly a lot of care and intelligence have gone into the effort and despite the fine work of actors Ed Harris, Anne Heche and Armin… Continued