Movie · 2024
Ordinary Angels
A hairdresser decides a sick child will not be left alone.
- PG
- 1h 58m
Hilary Swank plays Sharon Stevens, who rallies a Kentucky town around a widower and his daughter awaiting a transplant. Based on a true 1994 ice-storm story. PG, hopeful, and unusually unsentimental for the genre.
Cast Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Emily Mitchell
Directed by Jon Gunn
Content notes
- Integrity
- 5/5
- Sex
- 0/5
- Language
- 2/5
- Violence
- 1/5
- Substances
- 2/5
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Reviews
4 notes
A civic fairy tale that happens to be true. Good Sunday-afternoon fare.
Ordinary Angels holds a 7.4 / 10 from 16,000 IMDb ratings — families keep coming back to the craft, not just the message.
Ordinary Angels is 85% on the Tomatometer — certified-fresh territory. Critics praise the sincerity and the lack of cynicism.
Common Sense suggests age 11+ for Ordinary Angels. Parents say the conversations after the credits are the real value.