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Ordinary Miracles, directed by Michael Switzer, is a film that features Jaclyn Smith, Lyndsay Fonseca and C. Thomas Howell together with Sarah Aldrich, Corbin Bernsen and Erik Eidem.
Ordinary Miracles simply details the trials and tribulations of growing up without stability in a family home. When Judge Kay Woodbury takes in troubled 16-year-old Sally Powell, they get off to a bad start, but gradually start to respect one another. The San Diego judge's conscience causes her to bring the girl home with her to live when together they face tons of insecurities and personal problems. However, they manage to forge a special bond in this tale of survival, love and family.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Young Sally</span></h3>
Young actress Lyndsay Fonseca is very convincing as Sally, an understandably angry (and also sad) teenager who finds it difficult to fit in. Jaclyn Smith also makes light of her role as caring Judge Woodbury, who apart for upholding the law, is a woman who leads a solitary existence.
Judge Kay Woodbury is a tough, no-nonsense judge whose intractability in legal matters is intensified by a number of personal crises, including a bitter feud with her jurist father and her anguish over the recent remarriage of her ex-husband. Thus, Kay is no mood to play nice when teenager Sally Powell is brought before her.
Harboring an intense hatred for the father who apparently abandoned her, Sally is a seemingly incorrigible delinquent who has already sent away from four foster homes. Figuring that she could no worse than anyone else, Kay takes Sally home on a trial basis. The girl proceeds to behave as atrociously as possible, but surprisingly Kay does not decide to write her off as a bad job, but instead concludes that what the girl needs is someone to trust and something to believe in.
<h3><span style="color: #993366;">Kay's Role in Sally's Healing</span></h3>
In this spirit, Kay locates Sally's birth father. Upon doing so she becomes convinced that he was not motivated by selfishness when he dropped out of his daughter's life. Thus she secretly contrives for Sally and her dad to reconnect. In so doing, Kay finds her own way toward forgiveness. Not only of those whom she feels have wronged her, but also of herself.
Ordinary Miracles is not a unique story in any way. However, the taut direction and beautiful settings make it more than just a typical television film. The attention to detail is immense, and viewers can certainly imagine the emotions of the characters.
There's great interaction between Jaclyn and C. Thomas Howell too, who portrays a seemingly ordinary man who must face up to his past. It's a pleasure to watch them together. Jaclyn has certainly kept her beauty - hard to believe she was pushing 60 at the time!
This is a fine film and certainly one of Jaclyn's best TVMs in recent years (indeed, her first tele-movie since 2000's Navigating the Heart), even if the ending is pretty predictable. It is an entertaining character study between two people who learn from each other. In this case, it is a judge and a juvenile delinquent. It is a good drama and well-acted one, and a good effort from all concerned.
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Ordinary Miracles
Ordinary Miracles, directed by Michael Switzer, is a film that features Jaclyn Smith, Lyndsay Fonseca and C. Thomas Howell together with Sarah Aldrich, Corbin Bernsen and Erik Eidem.
Ordinary Miracles simply details the trials and tribulations of growing up without stability in a family home. When Judge Kay Woodbury takes in troubled 16-year-old Sally Powell, they get off to a bad start, but gradually start to respect one another. The San Diego judge’s conscience causes her to bring the girl home with her to live when together they face tons of insecurities and personal problems. However, they manage to forge a special bond in this tale of survival, love and family.
Young Sally
Young actress Lyndsay Fonseca is very convincing as Sally, an understandably angry (and also sad) teenager who finds it difficult to fit in. Jaclyn Smith also makes light of her role as caring Judge Woodbury, who apart for upholding the law, is a woman who leads a solitary existence.
Judge Kay Woodbury is a tough, no-nonsense judge whose intractability in legal matters is intensified by a number of personal crises, including a bitter feud with her jurist father and her anguish over the recent remarriage of her ex-husband. Thus, Kay is no mood to play nice when teenager Sally Powell is brought before her.
Harboring an intense hatred for the father who apparently abandoned her, Sally is a seemingly incorrigible delinquent who has already sent away from four foster homes. Figuring that she could no worse than anyone else, Kay takes Sally home on a trial basis. The girl proceeds to behave as atrociously as possible, but surprisingly Kay does not decide to write her off as a bad job, but instead concludes that what the girl needs is someone to trust and something to believe in.
Kay’s Role in Sally’s Healing
In this spirit, Kay locates Sally’s birth father. Upon doing so she becomes convinced that he was not motivated by selfishness when he dropped out of his daughter’s life. Thus she secretly contrives for Sally and her dad to reconnect. In so doing, Kay finds her own way toward forgiveness. Not only of those whom she feels have wronged her, but also of herself.
Ordinary Miracles is not a unique story in any way. However, the taut direction and beautiful settings make it more than just a typical television film. The attention to detail is immense, and viewers can certainly imagine the emotions of the characters.
There’s great interaction between Jaclyn and C. Thomas Howell too, who portrays a seemingly ordinary man who must face up to his past. It’s a pleasure to watch them together. Jaclyn has certainly kept her beauty – hard to believe she was pushing 60 at the time!
This is a fine film and certainly one of Jaclyn’s best TVMs in recent years (indeed, her first tele-movie since 2000’s Navigating the Heart), even if the ending is pretty predictable. It is an entertaining character study between two people who learn from each other. In this case, it is a judge and a juvenile delinquent. It is a good drama and well-acted one, and a good effort from all concerned.
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Would you like to support our Foundation? Do you know of a teenage girl who loves to read books? Here’s a link to one of our fundraisers – a teen book titled The Bravehearts of Belgrave High. Click on the following link to read more:
