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‘Ordinary Angels’ Review: Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson’s Inspirational Weepy Tugs at the Heartstrings

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Courtney Howard With a true story centered on everyday people pulling off extraordinary feats, “Ordinary Angels” can’t help but embrace the sentimentality at its core.

It’s baked into its DNA, and is the reason why this compelling, heartstring-pulling drama made it to the big screen 30 years after taking place — in a time when we too are searching for light in a bleak world.

Yet what lifts the picture beyond average inspirational fluff is the way director Jon Gunn and company control the slow release of its sweetness so as not to overpower.

This technique, though forgivably manipulative, works to grand effect and, by the end, even cynics will be won over by the human kindness on display.

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