Film Review — Ordinary Angels

Hilary Swank elevates this predictable but undeniably heartfelt true story

Credit: Sony/Lionsgate

Ordinary Angels is based on a true story. Not content with telling us with an opening caption, the film commits what must surely now be considered the cardinal sin of biopics and fact-based dramas: Showing us images and footage of the real people at the end. This is presumably to convince…