From directors Lisa Barros D’Sa & Glenn Leyburn and inspired by the life experience of screenwriter Owen McCafferty, the life drama Ordinary Love tells the story of Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson), an everyday couple who have been married for many years and still love each other very much. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, the journey of her treatment highlights their devotion, as they find the best way to survive a life-changing year. During this phone interview with Collider, co-stars Neeson and Manville talk about why they liked the story of Ordinary Love, …
2020 has only just begun, but directors Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Good Vibrations) have already delivered my favorite film of the year. Ordinary Love, playing in theaters now, tells the story of a perfectly ordinary couple (Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville) undergoing extraordinary circumstances -- a diagnosis of breast cancer. The two actors, delivering career-best work, struggle with the truths of the disease while still finding the time to celebrate the joys of their easy love. It's a remarkable, sensitive, touching piece of film that will stick with you for some time after, and I was …
On Valentine's Day, 2020, how would you like to spend your day at the cinema? Would you like to spend it watching the journey of an utterly kind, wholesome, lovely couple loving the absolute shit out of each other, and dealing with an unexpected roadblock with good grace and humor? Yeah! That sounds pretty friggin' great, right? Then you've simply gotta watch the trailer for Ordinary Love, a romantic drama coming to select cinemas on February 14, 2020. [caption id="attachment_864741" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Bleecker Street[/caption] Liam Neeson (Love Actually) and Lesley Manville (a …