LionsgateThe new drama Ordinary Angels is now in theaters, starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Reacher lead Alan Ritchson.Based on a true story, Ritchson plays Ed Schmitt, a blue-collar widower who lost his wife to a rare liver disease that was passed on to their two daughters. Crushed by his loss, and the medical debt from his wife and his daughters illnesses, he needs a miracle.Enter Swank s Sharon Stevens, a small-town hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to save his youngest daughter s life when she desperately needs a liver transplant.As in real life, Stevens doesn t take "no" for an answer. "She was so much fun to play," Swank said. "She s just a ball of life. I love her.""There s such a responsibility, I think, to play a real-life person. . because you want to do justice to that person," Swank adds. "But Sharon was just so gracious about, you know, about Just play it how you like, you know, Just do your t
The new drama Ordinary Angels is now in theaters, starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Reacher lead Alan Ritchson.Based on a true story, Ritchson plays Ed Sch
LionsgateThe new drama Ordinary Angels is now in theaters, starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Reacher lead Alan Ritchson.Based on a true story, Ritchson plays Ed Schmitt, a blue-collar widower who lost his wife to a rare liver disease that was passed on to their two daughters. Crushed by his loss, and the medical debt from his wife and his daughters illnesses, he needs a miracle.Enter Swank s Sharon Stevens, a small-town hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to save his youngest daughter s life when she desperately needs a liver transplant.As in real life, Stevens doesn t take "no" for an answer. "She was so much fun to play," Swank said. "She s just a ball of life. I love her.""There s such a responsibility, I think, to play a real-life person. . because you want to do justice to that person," Swank adds. "But Sharon was just so gracious about, you know, about Just play it how you like, you know, Just do your t
Would it be a common rarity if a “faith-based film” wasn’t immediately declared preachy and overt with its theming? Perhaps, yes. The scripts may have improved