Friday, August 29, 2025
The Magic of Ordinary Days
In Denver during World War II, a father sends his pregnant daughter Olivia “Livy” (Kerri Russel) away for an arranged marriage in far away rural Colorado to avoid any family scandal. Ray (Skeet Ultich) steps up to help this poor girl out of her difficult situation. Ray is kind & gentle man working his land as a simple farmer with the help of some Japanese interment camp prisoners as laborers. He seems to be smitten by her at first glance but he is very awkward & unprepared. Livy was a graduate student studying archeology before all this. She is uncomfortable with country life being from the big city with dreams of traveling the world. Ray tries very hard to make Livy happy, but Livy still has hopes to contact the baby’s father & return to Denver. This is an emotional ride on a well constructed storyline as you see the pieces come together. If it seems like a Hallmark Hall of Fame production, it is because it is. This one is about love, grief & forgiveness.
Alien gives it 3 “faulty gas gauge” stars out of 4.
