Ordinary Love

Who it's for

Joan and Tom have a gentle, joking, long marriage, and when Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer the film shows the treatment one ordinary appointment at a time.

Feelings it meets

• Chronic Illness
• Anxiety
• Caregiving Strain
• Mortality
• Communication

What it is

Ordinary Love is a 2019 drama directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn from a screenplay by Owen McCafferty, starring Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson as Joan and Tom Thompson, a long-married couple whose routine life is full of affection and humour.

Where to find it

Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: A daughter's death; breast cancer treatment.

Age: R (MPAA)

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.Helen Keller, Optimism: An Essay