Product Details

• Actors: Meredith Baxter, Della Reese, Patricia Heaton, Anna Chlumsky, Randy Brooks
• Directors: Arthur Allan Seidelman
• Writers: Joe Slowensky
• Producers: Ann Kindberg, Joe Slowensky, Kenneth Kaufman, Stephanie Hagen, Tom Luse
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007CIM3I
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,601 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Miracle in the Woods" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Variety

"Touching...moving...offers that particularly scarce...item, originality."

Product Description

Emmy-winner Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Emmy-nominee Meredith Baxter (Family Ties) star in this powerful family drama as Wanda and Sarah, estranged sisters at odds over what to do with a pecan grove they’ve inherited in the wake of their mother’s death. Wanda wants to keep the land in the family. Sarah, hiding a devastating secret, wants desperately to sell. They are startled to discover an elderly woman, Lilly Cooper (Emmy-nominee Della Reece, Touched by an Angel) living on the property, and claiming it as her own. Against her mother’s wishes, Sarah’s rebellious teenage daughter, Gina (Anna Chlumsky, My Girl), befriends the delusional Lilly, who mistakes Gina for a figure from her past. Gina is touched by Lilly’s heartbreaking life story, and becomes determined to find her long-lost son.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good movie, [error in product description above!], February 7, 2006

By	Debbie J "Debbie" (Upstate, NY USA) - See all my reviews

[You got Wanda and Sarah's names backwards in the product description.]

What impressed me in this movie was Meredith Baxter's performance. Family Ties was a fun show and all that, but let's face it, Michael J. Fox MADE the show. :-) Meredith Baxter makes you HATE her character. When an actor can make you HATE them you know they are doing a good job. [what about Tim Roth in Rob Roy!]

Meredith's character SARAH wants to sell the property out from under the Black Woman who has lived there for 50 years (Della Reese). Sarah lies and deceives but still doesn't get her way.

The movie also gives an interesting look at a woman's life of 50 years ago, when women didn't have the choices they have today!

I DO recommend this movie.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful movie!, May 18, 2006

By	Karla Varga (Clearwater, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

I agree with the previous reviewer. Meridith Baxter gave a fine performance but I also think Della Reese was wonderful. I think I was more drawn to her character and the devotion she had to her son, never giving up her hope of fnding him. I thought it was a beautiful movie. If you like movies dealing with family issues, this is one you should definitely see.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the whole family, August 30, 2006

By	a voice of reason (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This movie falls under the category of what most people call a 'chick flick', but if you like family-oriented movies, then you'll enjoy this one whether you are a man or a woman. This is a wonderfully-done tale of reconciliation and forgiveness within two different families. Yes, the ending is overly predictable, but that's okay because getting there is so rich and rewarding.

The only thing that I didn't like about the movie was the horribly fake Southern accents that Meredith Baxter and Patricia Heaton used. It's too bad that most people probably think of these two actresses as their characters Elise Keaton and Deborah Barone - those phony accents will likely make you cringe at first if you think of these two characters they played. I got past this little flaw quickly though, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. An added plus is the fact that it has zero sex or profanity (in spite of the antagonism between some of the characters - see, Hollywood, it can be done!!).

ADDENDUM: If you enjoy movies with plotlines such as this one, then you may also want to take a look at "A Family Thing" and "Waterproof"; these two movies are, in my opinion, even better than "Miracle in the Woods" (although "A Family Thing" is one of those unfortunate examples of a well-done movie that is marred by needless profanity; "Waterproof," made by a Christian film company, is a safer choice for family viewing).