Be sure to choose a movie theater with strong air conditioning, because Saint Ralph is a definite heartwarmer. Fourteen-year-old Ralph's critically ill mother has been hospitalized, you see, and a doctor cavalierly notes that it would take a miracle for her to survive. At about the same time, Ralph gets it in his head that he wants to run the Boston Marathon, and is told that it would be a miracle if he won. Read the full review
Fourteen-year-old Ralph fears life as an orphan if his mother doesn't emerge from a coma. Desperate to believe a miracle is the answer to his mother's recovery, Ralph sets out to achieve the miracle by running the 1954 Boston Marathon.
Director: Michael McGowan
Starring: Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Shauna MacDonald, Gordon Pinsent, Michael Kanev
Run time: 98 minutes
Release date: August 5, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and partial nudity.
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The Palm Beach Post: B-
"Precocious and determined, (Adam Butcher) easily wins audience empathy and gets us rooting for his improbable goal."
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