The Miracle

Analysis of the Miracle

The Miracle (2004) is an inspirational film that is motivating and energizes anyone who watches the film. Kurt Russell's character, known as Herb Brook, delivers a group of twenty-six college athletes, who are undisciplined, and have a lack substance of character, to the finish line of success when the U.S hockey team beat the former Soviet Union at their maiden game of professional hockey during the 1980 World Olympics. The main idea conveyed in the Miracle (2004) is that Brook’s leadership instilled characteristics of spirit, hard work, autonomy for nationalism, and faith in a group of twenty athletes who learned how to unite as one.

In the movie, Brook brought his handpicked team to the edge of no return. He introduced each team player to what it feels like to want something so bad that each player was willing to do most anything to satisfy their coach. The thesis of the movie is difficult to articulate word-for-word, but I believe the movie’s thesis is similar to the following statement made by Brook: “play your game.” Brook used the words from the quotation to stress the importance that he believed that his team understood the game of hockey and that they needed to go out and get it. He was instilling values of responsibility and ownership for the game of hockey. The whole idea behind Brook’s words of wisdom is to teach each team member the importance that winning by being the best can be achieved but will require a level of discipline in which each team member had to make a commitment, not only to his peers but to himself.

The nature of the evidence provided is that Brook took a twenty college athletes and taught them conformity in his leadership skills, he taught them to think like winners, he taught them self reliance, he taught them how to fight for something that is larger than life, and he taught them how to be leaders on and of the ice. Empirically, my observation from watching the movie is that Brook’s...