If you are reading this, you have either just seen Ordinary Angels or you are about to. In either circumstance, good for you. On the one hand this is one of those very rare, 4-hankie, feel-good movies based on real life. Capably written and directed. Solid from top to bottom. What really stands out however are the performances. Swank, not seen on the screen for some time, reminds the world why she was, and is, an A-lister. It is a performance not even Julia Roberts could top, she charges every scene like a Tesla battery. Alan Ritchson, on the other hand, deliberately undersells himself (compared for example to his persona in REACHER) to help Swank hit her high notes. Point and counterpoint. Excellent. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
Review of Ordinary Angels
