Starring: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones, Amy Acker
Story: Drama directed and co-written by Jon Gunn. Inspired by a true story, Ordinary Angels (2024) centers on Sharon Stevens (Hilary Swank), a struggling hairdresser in a small-town who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt (Alan Ritchson), a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it.
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'We all need to find meaning and purpose outside ourselves.' - Sharon (Ordinary Angels) Click To Tweet
Ed: [to Theresa] You go rest now, baby. Okay? I’ll take care of the girls.
Sharon: I’m just trying to make one of these guys look my age.
Rose: Well, ain’t enough booze in this place for that, honey.
Gabe: [at the AA meeting] I got so tired of that feeling. Empty. No meaning, no nothing. I had to find something beyond myself. Some purpose. That’s when things changed for me. Started, anyway. So, that’s my advice. Find a reason to be here that’s bigger than you are.
Sharon: My name is Sharon. And I’m not an alcoholic. I’m just a pi**ed-off hairdresser with a splitting headache and a super annoying friend.
Rose: [to Sharon] So, wait a minute. You just wandered into a lady you never met before’s funeral? Why, exactly?
Sharon: [referring to Michelle] Just something about that little girl, sick, without a mama, it just breaks my heart. She’s just five, and she already needs a liver transplant.
Michelle: Dad, I’m five. You can be real with me.
Ed: Everything’s going to be fine. I got you. Look at these big, strong hands. Think anything’s going to happen with these big strong hands? You’re safe.
Ashley: You’re not stronger than the storm, Daddy.
Ed: Want to bet?
Barbara: Son, don’t lose your faith over this. Come on now. Got to hold strong.
Ed: My faith? You know how many prayer lists Theresa was on? Seventeen. And now they got Michelle on all those same lists. Lot of good faith’s doing me.
Barbara: [referring to Sharon] When the Lord sends a woman to the door with an envelope full of cash, you invite her in for dinner.
Ed: I met this woman. She’s a mess.
Barbara: Perfect. She’ll fit right in.
Sharon: Ed, there’s something you should know about me. I’m good at plenty of things. Taking no for an answer ain’t one of them.
Ed: I prefer to do things myself. I’m not comfortable with this.
Sharon: Well, you’re going to have to get comfortable being uncomfortable. Because this ain’t about you, it’s about your little girl.
Sharon: I’ve owned four small businesses in twenty years. Here’s something I learned. Some bills are like wine. They get better with age.
Michelle: Is Mommy up there? Looking at us?
Ed: What do you think?
Michelle: I think she is.
Ed: Well, then wave.
Sharon: [referring to Ed] I mean, look at him. There’s nothing fancy about him. Heck, he doesn’t even know how to have fun. He’s the most boring, reliable person on God’s green earth, and that’s exactly who you’re going to need to get through all them busted roofs.
'Life's about saying yes, and then figuring out how.' - Sharon (Ordinary Angels) Click To Tweet
Sharon: You know, despite what you may think, Ed, you’re not alone here.
Derek: You know, that girl, I feel sorry for her.
Sharon: Yeah. Me too.
Derek: Not because she’s sick. Because she’s counting on you for help.
Ed: You help me out. I’m her father. I’m supposed to be the one taking care of her.
Sharon: I’ll tell you what. I’ll keep on helping, and you can keep on resenting it. Alright?
Ed: This is the last piece of her I got left. I’m not selling the only house my daughters have ever known, the house my father built, so we can give the money to some collection agency. Not happening.
Sharon: Well, look who got a lot to say all of a sudden.
Virginia: And you’re asking us to reduce the family’s medical bills due to hardship?
Sharon: No, I’m asking you to erase them. All of them. Was that funny?
Sharon: Michelle. Her treatment costs thousands of dollars a month her family can’t afford. Know why? Because after you sent her mama to the morgue, you sent them a bill so high, their family couldn’t pay it off in a hundred years. You realize the message you’re sending this girl, right? You’re saying, “We charged your mama so much to die that you got to die too.”
Sharon: Four hundred thousand dollars wiped clean. Everything from Theresa’s hospital stay to all the out-of-pocket expenses, all of it gone.
Ed: What? How?
Sharon: I told you I wasn’t good at taking no for an answer.
Sharon: Ed, I don’t want to overreact here, but I think this moment warrants a high five.
Ed: A private plane? How exactly do you recommend we get a plane, Doc? No, tell me. Ma, how do we do that? How do we arrange a plane?
Sharon: We’ll figure it out. We will. Ed. I’ll get you a plane. I promise.
Barbara: You got a plane?
Sharon: Nope. I got five planes. Just in case.
Rose: How did it become your responsibility to save her?
Sharon: Because I’m here. Because I can. Because nobody did it for me. Someone’s got to do something, Rose. Someone’s got to fight for her. And if it’s me, then it’s me. And if that’s addict behavior, then, hey, I guess I am an addict. Might as well put it to good use.
Ed: [to Sharon] You’ve done a lot for my family. I’m not going to say you haven’t. But let’s stop pretending you’re doing this for Michelle. This is for you.
Sharon: I’m broken, Ed. I always have been. I get it from my mama. She was a mean drunk. She never liked me. And I never knew why. But I swore I’d be different with my kid. But he hates me. My son hates me.
Sharon: I have this voice in my head. Every day, it tells me I’m no good. Not worth loving, not worth nothing. And drinking is the only thing that makes that voice go away. I guess I figured, if I could save Michelle, maybe it would save me too.
Ashley: You mad at God, Dad? Is that why we don’t pray anymore? It’s okay. Everybody gets mad sometimes. You should still talk to Him though.
Sharon: “No” is not an option. We are going to save this girl. You’re going to clear a runway. Please. I meant to say “please”.
Pastor Dave: Let’s help save this little girl. And bring shovels. We’re going to need a lot of shovels.
Derek: [to Sharon] I got your message. I got all of them. Let’s save this little girl.
Sharon: We did not come this far to fail.
Ed: I want you to know something. That voice in your head couldn’t be more wrong. You’re not just worthy, Sharon. You’re a miracle. Oh, and, Sharon, something else I’ve been meaning to say. Thank you.
Man on TV: [mid-credit lines real footage] Perfect strangers you’re never going to see again come out to help somebody they’ve never even laid eyes on before. It really makes you feel good.