Based in an inspirational true story, a small-town news reporter (Krasinski) and also a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) enlist the support of rival superpowers to rescue three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice at the Arctic Circle. 'Enormous Miracle' is accommodated in the nonfiction publication'Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event' from Tom Rose.