Looking for Miracles

Looking for Miracles is a 1989 madeforTV film based on the memoir of the same name by A.E. Hotchner. Filmed primarily in southern Ontario, it is a story of growing up and relationships, focusing on the experience of two brothers at a summer camp during the Great Depression. The director, producer, and cowriter is Kevin Sullivan.

At the start of camp, Ryan struggles in his position. When he is asked to move a vehicle on the first day, he does not reveal that he cannot drive and ends up having a minor accident. A counselor in Ryans group named Mo Hugh Thompson quickly becomes suspicious of him and comes to realize that he is not qualified. However, he keeps Ryans secret and the two become good friends. They work together to manage their group of campers, which includes a troubled brat who goes by the nickname of Ratface Noah Godfrey. Ratface initially is a constant behavior problem for the counselors and is mean to Sullivan. Eventually, though, they come to understand Ratfaces troubled home life and the two boys become friends.

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