7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
A Father's Miracle (2025)
A Father's Miracle (2025)
Overview
A Father's Miracle is a Mexican drama directed by Ana Lorena Pérez Ríos. The story follows Héctor (Omar Chaparro), a man with a neurological disability falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned in a secret facility. His presence influences fellow inmates and staff. Mariana Calderón stars as Alma, and Natalia Reyes as Ingrid.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
A Father's Miracle is a Mexican drama directed by Ana Lorena Pérez Ríos. The story follows Héctor (Omar Chaparro), a man with a neurological disability falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned in a secret facility. His presence influences fellow inmates and staff. Mariana Calderón stars as Alma, and Natalia Reyes as Ingrid.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film critiques systemic flaws in the justice system through the wrongful conviction of a disabled father, highlighting prejudices and institutional failures that separate families. This focus on social inequality and abuse of authority drives its left-leaning perspective.
Visible ethnic diversity in the Latino cast aligns with the story's cultural context, while the lead's neurological disability receives empathetic portrayal without clichés. Systemic injustice subtly underscores marginalization, though traditional male familial roles remain positively framed.
Secondary
A Father's Miracle remakes the South Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7, changing the protagonists from Asian to Latino, which constitutes a race swap for the main characters.
The film affirms devoted single fatherhood through Héctor's selfless sacrifices for his daughter, embedding themes of familial resilience and compassionate authority within a melodramatic prison narrative. This endorsement of parental endurance and unity drives a traditional framing of family bonds.
Catholic elements like church scenes, a Virgin Mary statue, and references to death as becoming an angel frame the protagonist's innocence and resilience as saintly. The narrative uses these motifs to affirm themes of forgiveness, compassion, and miraculous redemption through familial bonds.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative revolves around family bonds, injustice, and redemption in a prison setting, with no queer representation or related subplots.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative focuses on a father's wrongful imprisonment and his daughter's struggles, without any depiction related to transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film remakes the 2013 South Korean 'Miracle in Cell No. 7' without altering the genders of key characters, including the intellectually disabled father and his daughter.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
7.9
Critic Ratings
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