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Ordinary Love

Ordinary Love

Drama · Romance · 2019

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

Movie details

Ordinary Love

“Love doesn't give up.”

2019 Drama · Romance 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Ordinary Love?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Glenn Leyburn · Lisa Barros D'Sa

Written by

Owen McCafferty

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

Court is in session

Put Ordinary Love on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.