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6.3/10   127 votes
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Director:
Michael Switzer
Writer (WGA):
Bud Schaetzle (written by)
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Release Date:
2005 (USA) more
User Comments:
A fine family movie with great performances more (4 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Nov. 213:00 PMLIFE   

Cast

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Jaclyn Smith ... Judge Kay Woodbury

Lyndsy Fonseca ... Sally Powell

C. Thomas Howell ... Jim Powell

Sarah Aldrich ... Miranda Powell

Corbin Bernsen ... David Woodbury

Erik Eidem ... Pete Smalling

Nancy Linehan Charles ... Claire
Jocko Marcellino ... Billy O

Lorna Scott ... Millie Rayburn

Ken Narasaki ... Michael Katsu

Ina Barron ... Monica Tejada

Matthew Castano ... Danny Katsu (as Matthew Junmar)
Lon Sunders ... Baliff

John Bishop ... Tom, Mr. Jensen

Mary K. DeVault ... Mrs. Jensen (as Mary Kowalski)
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Runtime:
Brazil:99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Coronado, California, USA more
Company:
Alpine Medien Productions more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[Sally has drinken too much wine and is buzzed. Kay comes outside to her]
Sally Powell: I'm so dizzy.
Judge Kay Woodbury: Yeah, I can smell how dizzy you are.
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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A fine family movie with great performances, 5 April 2007
8/10
Author: jamiecostelo58 from United Kingdom

Recently broadcast for the first time on British TV, I was rather pleased with this film which 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....

Young actress Lyndsy 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....

Ordinary Miracles is not a unique story in any way, but 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. Great interaction between Jaclyn and C. Thomas Howell too, who portrays a seemingly ordinary man who must face up to his past. It was a pleasure to watch them together, and Jaclyn has certainly kept her beauty - hard to believe she was 57 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. A good effort from all concerned.

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