Film Review – Ordinary Angels

“Ordinary Angels” is meant to be feel-good entertainment, providing a “based on a true story” tale concerning the kindness of strangers and the power of community support. It’s faith-based cinema from director Jon Gunn, who’s spent his career in the genre, last seen on screens with 2017’s “The Case for Christ.” Godly influence is a little less prioritized in the feature, as the story deals with a medical and fiscal crisis facing a widower trying to help his sick five-year-old daughter. There are a lot of buttons being pushed in this endeavor, but “Ordinary Angels” does make some effort to find nooks and crannies in characterization to explore. Screenwriters Kelly Fremon Craig (“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”) and Meg Tilly (yes, that Meg Tilly) work to bring some points of pressure to the film, locating a few realistic emotional struggles to go with all the honeyed ways of Christian storytelling. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com