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Film · Paramount · 1919

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The Miracle Man

31Leave it.

Most of it is gone, so I won't dress a con up as a miracle I watched.

Take controlThis scores 31. The Miracle Man cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

Most of The Miracle Man is gone, which saves me a night I don't have. I will not pretend I watched it. Paramount put it out in 1919, and a printed rental near 3 million is what the lists kept. Crooks use a faith healer as a front. Lon Chaney is the contortionist called the Frog. A healing happens that is not their trick. Only fragments survive.

So the number is not a movie on our shelf. The con is what I can judge: somebody's faith as a storefront, and then a healing the crooks did not stage. I won't fill in the scenes I can't see. If the kids hear the title, they get the plain version. Mostly lost. The healing was not the trick.

Journal

Keep The Miracle Man in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 31. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Voicemails for Isabelle

44 instead of 31

Voicemails for Isabelle is still a drama film, and it scores 44 instead of 31. What you gain is household: A sister is mourned as a sister.

The eight

3
Industry
Crooks use a faith healer as the front for their living.
1
Household
No parent, marriage, or child is in what survives of it.
6
Piety
A healing happens that is not the crooks' trick.
3
Courage
Only fragments survive, so no risk beyond the con can be claimed.
2
Republic
Other people's faith is the mark the crooks pick.
2
Temperance
The living is a con, and a real healing was not their plan.
6
Truth
The healer is a front, and a healing that isn't the trick is the bill.
2
Stewardship
Most of the print is lost; fragments and a rental figure remain.

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Film · Prime Video · 2026

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Buddy

31Leave it.

A mascot is not a companion. Wait for a story before you clear a Saturday.

Take controlThis scores 31. If you do not want Buddy in the house, the steps are on Prime Video. Block it

The review

The poster is a face designed to be kept. Films like this sometimes hide a real loneliness under the plush, and sometimes they are only the plush. The desk cannot see which from the tile, and will not invent a lesson the marketing department did not bother to print.

If you play it, watch the adult in the frame. A story where a creature teaches a man to stay is worth a conversation. A story where the toy is the point is an advertisement. You do not owe an advertisement your evening.

Journal

Keep Buddy in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.