{"id":5370,"date":"2023-10-12T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/?p=5370"},"modified":"2023-10-12T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:30:22","slug":"the-miracle-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/the-miracle-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miracle Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE MIRACLE CLUB | Official Trailer (2023)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gp3ZFdklPCk?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Set in 1967, this heartwarming film follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily (<strong>Maggie Smith<\/strong>), Eileen (<strong>Kathy Bates<\/strong>), and Dolly (<strong>Agnes O&#8217;Casey<\/strong>) of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalizing dream: <strong>to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes<\/strong>, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. <\/p>\n<p>When the chance to win presents itself, the women seize it. However, just before their trip, their old friend Chrissie (Laura Linney) arrives in Ballygar for her mother&#8217;s funeral, dampening their good mood and well-laid plans. <\/p>\n<p>The women secure tickets and set out on the journey that they hope will change their lives, with Chrissie, a skeptical traveler, joining in place of her mother. <\/p>\n<p>The glamor and sophistication of Chrissie, who has just returned from a nearly 40-year exile in the United States, are not her only distancing traits: Old wounds are reopened along the way, forcing the women to confront their pasts even as they travel in search of a miracle. <\/p>\n<p>Their shared traumas can only be healed by the curative power of love and friendship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks to a talented ensemble cast whose performances enhance a somewhat predictable story, <em>The Miracle Club<\/em>&#8216;s charms outnumber its clich\u00e9s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Comedy, Drama<br \/>\nIreland, United Kingdom (English) 1h 30min<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/miracleclub2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set in 1967, this heartwarming film follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily (Maggie Smith), Eileen (Kathy Bates), and Dolly (Agnes O&#8217;Casey) of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalizing dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-post-title","no-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/miracleclub2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5372,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions\/5372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}