Miracle at Midnight

At first sigh, another film about Shoah. in fact, a touching film about family. and friendship. and survive. eulogy to so many anonimous lifes who were the axis of the change of world, in profound sense. a film about duty, in same measure. at first sigh, one of many TV films . but significant for a motif escaping from the ordinary formulas. because it reminds. old , great stories reminding to us ourselves. so, a Danish story.

In Denmark during the thick of WWII, Benedick Blythe wants to impress Hitler by suddenly rounding up all the Jews in his district, even though the Nazi occupation has left the townspeople alone for three years. He gets the bright idea of arresting everyone in a surprise attack on Rosh Hashanah, but Patrick Malahide, a sympathetic Nazi, warns those in danger. With only a few days' notice, everyone pulls together to hide their friends and smuggle them to safety in Sweden.

While this is a Disney TV movie, it's actually pretty exciting! Sam Waterston takes the lead, since he's a doctor and can hide hundreds of people in his hospital. His wife, Mia Farrow, is reluctant to help at first because she fears for her children's safety, but she quickly gets on board and helps out. Both Sam and Mia, who have previously been in four films together, have a comfortable and caring chemistry, and they both give great tension-filled performances.

Miracle at Midnight is a wonderful true story that's inspiring and heartfelt. Director Ken Cameron doesn't make it feel like a typical TV movie, and those who particularly like WWII-set films will enjoy learning about this little-known story. Even audiences who don't normally like these types of movies because of the gruesomeness might make an exception for this one. It's completely family friendly and could even be shown in schools. With great acting and some very smart suspenseful scenes, this is a great movie to pop in after dinner on a school night.

Miracle at Midnight is a good movie for families to see. It depicts what Holland was like during World War II in a family friendly way. The acting and production value is professional, and the sets and music are spot on.

This is a TV movie, however, and has the flaws of one as well. In the urge to run under 90 minutes, the film often creates various subplots, then seems to forget about them. A lot of the characters (who are supposed to be Danish) speak with Irish accents, and the editing could've been worked on a bit more.

Despite these flaws, Miracle at Midnight is a great way to introduce your family to World War II.

Yes it's got lots of cliches and I have no idea how close it is to truth but I really enjoyed the performances. Some excellent scoring too. A good Sunday afternoon film. One of the hidden gems on Disney+

I have always been a big listener to my grand mothers stories about the freedom fighters in World War 2. During "Drengene Fra Sankt Petri" my eyes wouldn't dry up, but during this movie, my soul cry'ed, triumf'ed and all other known & unknown feelings came out. This "Real Story" tells about how the common Dane fought the Nazi, and it couldn't be more real. It's the first time I've seen a movie about the Danish Freedom fighters, that wasn't Danish. But hey, we are a little country with a big voice. I only wish that people see this movie and change the opinion about Danes, from the ones that lasted 12min in defence but fought the whole war from the inside and saved several 1,000. Please see this movie.