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Film Review - Ordinary Angels

Film Review - Ordinary Angels

Hilary Swank elevates this predictable but undeniably heartfelt true story

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May 01, 2024
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Ordinary Angels is based on a true story. Not content with telling us with an opening caption, the film commits what must surely now be considered the cardinal sin of biopics and fact-based dramas: Showing us images and footage of the real people at the end. This is presumably to convince us how great the actors were impersonating …

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