Product Details

• Actors: Keri Russell, Skeet Ulrich, Mare Winningham, Tania Gunadi, Gwendoline Yeo
• Directors: Brent Shields
• Writers: Ann Howard Creel, Camille Thomasson
• Producers: Andrew Gottlieb, Cameron Johann, Jim O'Grady, Richard Welsh
• Format: NTSC
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JO2G
• For more information about "The Magic of Ordinary Days" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, February 8, 2005

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Brittney Hinson "garnet17" (Ashford, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magic of Ordinary Days (DVD)

A beautiful pastor's daughter (Keri Russell), devastated over her mother's death, engages in a brief romance with a dashing soldier during WWII as a source of consolation. Soon after he leaves for Europe, she realizes that she is pregnant. Mattie's (I THINK that was the girl's name) father is furious over his daughter's indiscretion and arranges for her to quietly marry a young man in the parish of one of his minister friends...far from home. Mattie has no other choice but to marry the good hearted, but rather distant young farmer. Will Mattie grow to love her husband of convenience or will the father of her child return for her? Hopefully, this wonderful movie will be released on dvd and you will get the chance to find out.

This movie is very clean and family friendly. When the movie begins, Mattie is already pregnant, so you won't see her hitting the sack...this is a hallmark movie after all! I found the movie to be very sweet with several genuinely funny parts. Overall, this is a good movie about forgiveness and true love. A must see.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet And Satisfying, February 17, 2005

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S. Barnett "Phantom Lover" (Oyster Bay, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Magic of Ordinary Days (DVD)

This is an excellent movie about finding love, forgiveness and acceptance in the least-likely of places. While I was not too familiar with either of the lead actors, I really liked Skeet Ulrich's performance as Ray.
Like one of the other reviewers, I, too, checked out the book from my library after seeing the movie. It is a nice, quick read and expands on the stories of Livy and Ray and their families as well as the Umahara sisters whom Livy befriends.
This is an excellent movie for people who like grown-up stories
without profanity, nudity, or sex scenes. It proves that a movie doesn't need any of those things as long as the story is good.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, but not a whole lot of people know about the dvd, August 3, 2005

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S. Morris "smorris215" (Beaver Dam, WI, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Magic of Ordinary Days (DVD)

Hallmark stores do carry the DVD of this movie (but they are going quickly as this is one of the most popular movies by Hallmark), and you can also buy it online through Hallmark's site. It's been available for at least a few months (I got mine back in April). Also, for your information, Hallmark has received more positive feedback about this movie than any other Hallmark Hall of Fame movie and are currently looking into making a sequel to the story, so help make it possible by buying the DVD and writing to Hallmark.