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Ordinary Love

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

Status: Released

Released Date: 2019-12-06

Runtime: 92 mins

Director: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn

Writer: Owen McCafferty

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: Ordinary Love

Production Companies: Tempo Productions, BFI, Head Gear Films, Northern Ireland Screen, Bankside Films, Canderblinks Film, Out of Orbit

Production Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Cast

Liam Neeson

Lesley Manville

David Wilmot

Amit Shah

Lalor Roddy

Stella McCusker

Melanie Clark Pullen

Desmond Edwards

Maggie Cronin

Geraldine McAlinden

Vivien Monory

Fo Cullen

Mary Lindsay

Esh Alladi

Reviews

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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 spending time with a person who is going through an experience even worse than his felt believable. The supporting cast did a credible job, but this was really a two-person show. Fortunately the co-starts were up to it.

2022-08-30

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