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.
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    Michael O'SullivanWashington Post
    A lovely, understated thing.
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    Joseph WalshTime Out
    Don't expect dramatic fireworks - very little happens narratively - but prepare for this quiet film to tiptoe into your heart.
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    Mick LaSalleSan Francisco Chronicle
    I hated this film. I hated every minute of it, and at times it even made me angry.
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    Scott 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.
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    Tom LongDetroit News
    This is a movie about resignation and perseverance and the non-showy essence of life and love.
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    Kimberley 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.
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    Keith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
    “Ordinary Love” stays afloat thanks to Manville and Neeson, two seasoned actors with great emotional resonance and a natural chemistry.
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    Jennifer MerinAWFJ.org
    Filmmakers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn's Ordinary Love is a poignant drama.
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    Sean 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.
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    Susan 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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