"Hilary Swank's Extraordinary Performance in 'Ordinary Angels' Inspires Hope"

"Ordinary Angels" stars Hilary Swank as a Kentucky hairdresser who rallies her community to help a widower and his seriously ill daughter in this fact-based inspirational drama. The film, set in the early '90s, follows Sharon's efforts to solve the family's financial problems and culminates in a rousing finale involving a desperate attempt to get the daughter to a hospital during a blizzard. Despite some predictable elements, the movie proves to be inspirational in the best sense of the word, skillfully directed by Jon Gunn and handled with relative subtlety in its religiosity.