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

Matthew Sharpe

Rosemary Henderson

Eoin McCafferty

Olivia McDermott

Chloë Ní Dhúada

Patrick Fitzsymons

Stephen Watson

David Holmes

Phil Hunt

Glenn Leyburn

George Barnes

Jarlath Houston

René Besson

Des Hamilton

Phil Crothers

Patrick Hamill

Orlaith Walsh

Alex Gabrysch

Jonathan Fetherston

Sarah McCann

Stephen Kelliher

Steven Livingstone

Ian Morgan

Compton Ross

Bridie Sinden

Aidan Gault

Elan Jones

Aidan Monaghan

Lisa Barros D'Sa

Mick O'Rourke

Barry Keil

Jo Harris

Aisling Kennedy

Caoimhe Doyle

Sam Donaghy-Bell

Gareth Hogan

Polly McKay

Gregory McGuinness

Tony Rice

Mark Huffam

Robbie Huffam

Helen McCullough

Samuel Steele

Alfie Oldman

Ger Scully

Riley Garrett

Sophie Pearson

Sam Conway

Jean McGrath

Natascha Wharton

Mike Lockhart

Terry McDonald

Morgan Blackmore

Georgia Topley

Robyn Wheeler

Jo Bamford

Ellen Steers

Derek Hehir

Breandan Mckeever

Ryan Douglas

Brian Livingstone

Don Hoffman

Maria Mulhall

Conor Rotherham

Matt Sweeney

Morgan Muse

Cheryl Rock

Tristin Norwell

Monia Dafa

Paul Stewart

Owen McCafferty

Piers Tempest

Elliot Ross

Vanessa Zanardo

Piers McGrail

Fenella Ross

Susan Scott

Tom Harberd

Paul Maynes

Adrian Greenwood

Paul Davies

Nigel Pollock

Brian J. Falconer

Brian Irvine

Nick Emerson

Jack Longmate

Drama

Romance

Ordinary Love

Tempo Productions

Head Gear Films

Northern Ireland Screen

Bankside Films

Canderblinks Film

Out of Orbit

Ireland

United Kingdom

Peter McGinn

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.

English

Ordinary Love - Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) HD