Songs in Ordinary Time (film)

Songs in Ordinary Time is a 2000 American made-for-television drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges. The film was written by Malcolm MacRury and directed by Rod Holcomb. It is an adaptation of the book Songs in Ordinary Time written by Mary McGarry Morris. Songs in Ordinary Time was entirely shot in Nova Scotia, Canada due to financial reasons. The film originally premiered on CBS on October 22, 2000.

Songs in Ordinary Time
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Genre	Drama
Based on	Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
Written by	Malcolm MacRury
Directed by	Rod Holcomb
Starring	Sissy Spacek Beau Bridges Keir Dullea Tom Guiry Careena Melia Angelica Torn
Music by	Anthony Marinelli
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Craig Anderson
Producers	Marty Eli Schwartz Christopher Zimmer
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Editor	Michael Brown
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Columbia TriStar Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 22, 2000 (2000-10-22)

Plot

In Vermont in the 1960s, Mary Fermoyle, a divorced woman with three children to raise, allows the secretive Omar Duvall to enter her life. Duvall, however, may hide a huge secret.

Cast

• Sissy Spacek as Mary Fermoyle
• Beau Bridges as Omar Duvall
• Keir Dullea as Sam Fermoyle
• Tom Guiry as Norman Fermoyle
• Careena Melia as Alice Fermoyle
• Jordan Warkol as Ben Fermoyle
• Angelica Torn as Astrid Haddad

Reception

British website The Movie Scene gave the film three out of five stars. The reviewer critiqued almost every aspect of the movie, but Spacek and Bridges performances, stating: "Songs in Ordinary Time" is one of those movies which to be truthful is not very interesting, it is the sort of movie which plays out in front of your eyes and before you know it you are halfway through and you don't know how you got there. But in a way the reason why you get lost in "Songs in Ordinary Time" is because of who is in it as Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges deliver such wonderful characters that you get caught up in their performances rather than what is going on."

External links

• Songs in Ordinary Time at IMDb
• Songs in Ordinary Time at Rotten Tomatoes