Miracle at St. Anna(2008)- User Reviews

I'm totally confused about how the title of this movie bear any relevance to the depiction of the slaughter that took place at the Church of St. Anna in the movie. How was that a miracle when everyone died except for the little boy? If the movie makers were referring to the subsequent massacre of villagers towards the end of the movie leaving the same boy and one soldier to survive, I would call that luck more than a miracle. That there was one German officer who took pity on the wounded American soldier and decided to let him live and interestingly enough even gave him his sidearm does not qualify as a "miracle" in my book. Or was it the ghost of the boy's brother Arturo who led the boy to safety the "miracle"? I think the only real miracle about this movie is that the plot was coherent enough to make me actually watched it 'til the end. Frankly I was just interested to see why the guy shot the older gentleman purchasing the stamp in the first place. I did not even recognized the shooting victim as the traitorous Italian resistance fighter until I went back and took a closer look at the guy with the DVD on pause.

Overall the cinematography and scenery was amazing, the acting was passable if somewhat uneven, but the editing leaves a lot to be said, and directing is poor as well. Ultimately the failure of the movie rest on the director's shoulder, and in spite of rather interesting beginning the movie just slid downhill from the opening scene onwards.