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Ordinary Miracles with Bonus CD: Sacred Classics

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(5)
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This is an extraordinary movie. It deals with realistic situations and realistic people without being oppressive. When people stop associating with other people who are wrong for them and manage to fall in with the sort of people who are right for them, their lives improve dramatically, as happens in this movie.

Other reviewers have picked up on how the judge helped this teenage girl, but they didn't see how the girl helped the grown woman also. By being brazen enough, and smart enough to ask some searching questions, she helped. Also, the parallel in situations between the girl and the grown woman with regard to their respective fathers made for a rich story.

This movie should also be commended for having been brave enough to deal with a bright kid, and for understanding how bright kids are different and how even their emotional problems are different.

Quibbles: the transition for the girl was a bit too fast. It was not unrealistic, but it needed more development. This of course would have slowed down the pace of the movie, however, and most viewers would have liked it less. The movie is only 80 minutes long. It would have been better at the usual TV-movie length of 100 minutes.

Also, the father's reaction at the end was not credible to me. Maybe he did feel guilty, but he was also feeling a lot of other things. His avoidance reaction was just not credible.

In defense of the movie, however, against another commenter: there are ends left open at the movie's end. One cannot assume the exact nature of those resolutions and condemn the movie for making these resolutions which it in fact leaves open. Also, it is not at all unrealistic that the judge found the father: after all, she was looking through the records to do just that.

Bottom line: Don't miss this movie. There aren't many this good that deal with human problems and decent human beings.

This movie stars Jaclyn Smith, who plays a judge who has no life outside her work. She is dedicated to her work, like a robot, that doesn't have feelings, but soon a young girl who gets rejected by her foster parents because she won't behave, gets sent to a juvenile facility by this judge, Jaclyn Smith. When she realizes the girl may have to stay at this facility until a new family steps forward, the judge takes custody of the young teen. This girl has a boyfriend that takes her to the wrong side of the tracks, and only the judge seems to be able to change that. This movie is really good, and well acted. I won't spoil the rest, but watch this movie, it's worth your time. Jaclyn Smith did a wonderful job in this movie, and so did the young girl.

This one is a keeper. It's an excellent movie, with a good story, without the language. A tear-jerker.It's one that I will watch time and again.

Walked into the living room as my wife was watching and got suckered into the plot even though I thought I had enough of this kind of drama that seems so prevalent, but I loved the acting and story which is not a syrupy sweet fuzzy warm story at all thank goodness that I had to get this for our library.

I do have a question as too the diff between IMDB running time of 99 Minutes and the 85 actual minutes. Imdb error???

"Ordinary Miracles" was a great family film about how one person can make a difference in someone else's life by being courageous enough to go against popular opinion and to do what is right. It also gives powerful insight as to why some people act rebellious; it teaches that sometimes we need to learn to be able to see through the rough exterior and look into the heart. I recommend this film for young and old alike. "Ordinary Miracles" also proves that a great film doesn't have to contain profanity to be good.

If you are a fan of Jaclyn Smith, you'll love this movie. She is a judge in a civil court setting in California. A 16 year old girl is dumped on the court by the foster parents because they say she is unmanagable. The judge takes the girl home temporarily until she can locate another foster family for this girl.
Both the judge and the girl learn some tough lessons in the next few weeks. Photography is great and Jaclyn Smith makes the story easier to watch. I also like the fact that there is no profanity or indecent exposure.
It's also a good film dealing with the importance of a dad to a growing girl.

I think its an ok movie. Its slow, but im a Jaclyn Smith fan, so i can be biased

A good movie.One with realistic situations.It shows the importance of being accepted for who you are.

This is a good DVD. I enjoyed the movie. I would purchase from this vendor again.

A film of hope. One person can make a difference in anothers life if only we allow ourselves to give.