Sometimes, a movie with no extraordinary cinematic merits wins your heart because of the touching way it shows the pure, positive, feel-good actions of one human being to another. Ordinary Angels is that kind of film. Directed by Jon Gunn with no frills but a lot of suspense that comes out of the story naturally, without the need for any manufactured Hollywood thrills, and co-written by actor Meg Tilly and Kelly Fremon Craig, this is one of those rare emotional sagas “based on a true story” that begs to make it to the screen but seems preposterous when it gets there.

ORDINARY ANGELS ★★★(3/4 stars)
Directed by: Jon Gunn
Written by: Meg Tilly, Kelly Fremon Craig
Starring: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson
Running time: 116 mins.

Hilary Swank is an Oscar-winning audience favorite whose career seems largely based on quiet,........

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