Ordinary Love Poster

Ordinary Love (2019)

R 12/06/2019 Drama, Romance 1h 32m
68%
User
Score
6.6/10
93%
70/100

Love doesn't give up.

Overview

An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

Lisa Barros D'Sa

Director

Owen McCafferty

Writer

Glenn Leyburn

Director

Top Billed Cast

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Tom

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Joan

David Wilmot

David Wilmot

Peter

Amit Shah

Amit Shah

Steve

Lalor Roddy

Lalor Roddy

Smoking Man

Stella McCusker

Stella McCusker

Elderly Woman

Melanie Clark Pullen

Melanie Clark Pullen

Doctor

Desmond Edwards

Desmond Edwards

Aggressive Man

Maggie Cronin

Maggie Cronin

Glamorous Woman

Media

Ordinary Love - Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) HD

Ordinary Love - Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) HD

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written on August 30, 2022

I will usually give anything a try that features Lesley Manville, and in this film I also like Liam Neeson, so that was a bonus. This is a good, solid film in my opinion. Not earth-shattering, but well-written with two strong leads. Both Neeson and Manville seemed like normal folks to me, believable as a couple. There are no melodramatic tantrums or gushing tears and emotion. There were flare-ups of temper, as you expect in a long-term relationship when two people feel enough love and security to occasionally say mean things to each other.

When Neeson’s husband struck up a conversation with the partner of another patient his wife had spoken to, it reminded me a little of that excellent movie The Doctor, with William Hurt. The plots are wildly different, but the feel of someone spendi...

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