Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

TxMike This is one of those rare occasions where I did both, I saw the movie and I read the book. They are basically faithful to each other. Having seen the movie first, as I read the book I was able to visualize the characters as the actors who played them. However, I must say the actors are more attractive than I would have visualized them, based on the descriptions in the book.It is 1944 in Colorado. American GIs were everywhere, as well as POWs and Japanese-Americans required to live in camps and to help farmers with their crops. Everyone was expected to pull together for the war effort, and fuel was not to be wasted on unnecessary driving.Keri Russell is Livy, the least attractive of several sisters from Denver. At a social event she meets a soldier, she is surprised he warms up to her instead of one of her sisters, but it seems real. After a few encounters she does what she never thought she would do, she slept with him and of course became pregnant. In the meantime he shipped out, he never wrote as he promised, and Livy never knew if she would hear from him again.Livy's dad was a minister and especially in those days and that family circumstance, having an unwed daughter at home was not an attractive option. So her dad contacted a minister in another part of Colorado and arranged for Livy to be married to a single man, a farmer.Skeet Ulrich is good as Ray Singleton, lone resident of a large, fairly prosperous farm. His parents were gone and his only brother had joined the war effort and was killed in the Pearl Harbor attack. He is a raw man, who gets up before dawn and works various parts of the farm until dark. That is his life. But he also has a soft side, however lacking in culture, and he welcomes Livy, even embracing the thought of their having a baby from a different man, a stranger.So the movie really is about Livy and Ray, a 20-something couple thrust together under very unusual circumstances, during a very difficult period in our history. Livy's sisters are expecting her to have the baby, divorce Ray quietly, and return to her home and continue on her path towards accomplishing great things. But Ray is expecting Livy to become his wife for life, for both of them to fall in love with each other. Ray's sister and other relatives and friends make Livy feel very welcome. Thus the movie explores this dynamic, and how each of them grow in new ways.There is a very interesting side story of two Japanese-American teenage girls that Livy gets to know. She first encounters them chasing and drawing butterflies. They eventually become good friends, they enrich each-others' lives in many ways.I've always liked Keri Russell since I first saw her on the TV series "Felicity". She was also good in other movies. She is certainly very cute, but she is also a believable actress. Ulrich I was not really familiar with, but he was also very good here.SPOILERS: The two sisters get themselves into trouble, by befriending two German POWs, and getting Livy to give them a ride south, to New Mexico. Livy was duped, but the escapees got caught and the teens were tried for treason. In time Livy learned that she indeed was falling in love with Ray, and as the movie ends we feel that they will stay together and become a happy family. Livy never learned the fate of the father of her child, he might have died in the European fighting.

parislibra This is a movie that capitalizes on the beauty of the location, punctuated by a poignant musical score, illustrating a story that is characterized by subtle and believable acting. Skeet Ulrich's Ray is a man with a gentle and shy heart, who seizes the opportunity to have an instant family with a woman whose circumstances brought her out of her own world into his. Keri Russell's Livy is a woman without choice, struggling to maintain her dreams while living with her mistakes. Mare Winningham's Martha is a loving sister, wife, mother and friend whose very presence brings a sense of balance to both their lives and the lives of those around her.Each character, every look, every spoken word, every musical note adds to the richness of this movie. The story and the characters steal you away into their yesteryear, and Skeet Ulrich's Ray steals your heart. His face reveals his growing love of a woman who unwillingly came into his life, while his restraint and patience underscore his willingness to wait for her love to grow on its own. It's hard to believe that the story ends with the closing credits of the movie, that Keri Russell is not Livy, Skeet Ulrich is not Ray, Mare Winningham is not Martha. The mark of a good movie is one whose story lives on, just like The Magic of Ordinary Days.

Kwantic In a day and age when movies are often filled with profanity, sexual content, and violence, along comes a gem like this one. The whole family can watch this film without worrying about "content". Skeet Ulrich and Keri Russell do a wonderful job acting in this movie, and the supporting cast is excellent. The story revolves around a young women (Russell), who's pregnant out of wed lock, and is forced into an arranged marriage with a farmer (Ulrich), during World War II. This movie also teaches a few life lessons, such as forgiveness, and the difference between sex and love. An enjoyable way to spend a hour and a half of you're time. You won't regret watching this film.

julie_632 WoW! This is one of the most motivated movies I have ever seen! This movie is a beautiful love story, pure, and above of everything, has a moral in itself. Maybe I am a little too emotional, but "The Magic of Ordinary Days" grabbed my sight from the very first moment. I watched this movie twice in a row, and I would not deny to watch it for the third time. Why? Because this movie sets out a perfect example for us, couples, on how to have that respect between each other which we unfortunately, often times don't have... Well, I think that those people who would watch this movie even once, would try to build the same relationship between themselves and their spouses, as Ray and Livy did; or if they already have it, they would definitely try to make it even tighter. Once again, I would recommend those who have not watch this movie yet: WATCH IT! and you will NEVER regret...