Ordinary Love
critic Reviews
, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Led by strong performances from Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson, Ordinary Love wrings heartrending drama out of one couple's medical travails.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael O'SullivanWashington Post
A lovely, understated thing.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoseph WalshTime Out
Don't expect dramatic fireworks - very little happens narratively - but prepare for this quiet film to tiptoe into your heart.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMick LaSalleSan Francisco Chronicle
I hated this film. I hated every minute of it, and at times it even made me angry.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreScott MarksSan Diego Reader
A veritable primer on how to come through a crisis without being crushed under the weight of sentimentality. In Hollywood terms, there is nothing ordinary about this love story.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTom LongDetroit News
This is a movie about resignation and perseverance and the non-showy essence of life and love.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKimberley JonesAustin Chronicle
There are other strains at artistic-ness like this - a series of rooms revisited when they are empty, a goldfish that exists so that it may die, a dream sequence that seems to switch from first-person to third-person perspective.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKeith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
“Ordinary Love” stays afloat thanks to Manville and Neeson, two seasoned actors with great emotional resonance and a natural chemistry.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJennifer MerinAWFJ.org
Filmmakers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn's Ordinary Love is a poignant drama.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSean P. MeansThe Movie Cricket
"Ordinary Love" bears, in many ways, the most accurate movie title of all time - because it gently and precisely chronicles a year of crisis in the life of a most ordinary married couple.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSusan WloszczynaAWFJ.org
The well-paired actors immerse themselves in the script's quiet yet intimate moments of trying to hang on to what is positive in their lives.
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