Expected a soft, heart pulling story of two lonely people finding each other.....started off great.....a lonely farmer....and some might say simple.....a city girl who expects to travel the world but somehow gets herself pregnant.....a marriage both need......she makes it clear she doesn't want to stay.....but we get glimpses that she's as lonely as her 'husband'....both slowly start to try to be part of the others world....and isn't that what love is really about....caring about the other persons needs and interests?....they seem to start feeling closer...and we slowly see a tenderness grow between them....she still wants to leave and it looks like she will.....even though he knows she doesn't care and doesn't want to stay...he somehow feels they are actually man and wife(?).....is he suddenly really a simpleton? and then suddenly poof...she's in love and everything's OK in farm land USA.....guess I expected a bit more from each character in finding themselves and each other....

The Magic of Ordinary Days is a beautiful, well-told and well-acted story. Since the purpose of this review is to expound on how beautifully the sub-stories accentuate the subtler, inner story of Livy (portrayed by Keri Russell), it does contain spoilers.Florence (Tania Gunadi) and Rose (Gwendoline Yeo) as the Japanese-Americans in the internment camp personify Livy's fears as the outsider being judged on the basis of their physical appearance. Florence and Rose are sometimes not accepted just because they look Japanese in a WASP town of their fellow countrymen, even though good people like Ray (Skeet Ulrich) staunchly states that he's not stupid, he knows Florence and Rose didn't bomb Pearl Harbor killing his younger brother, but he just doesn't socialize with the farm help. Livy, being a preacher's kid, is afraid of judgment. Even though she has been sent away to an arranged marriage to avoid the condemning judgment for an unwed mother, will there still be judgment in her new environment when her pregnancy becomes apparent? The first question Livy asks Ray is why he is doing this (arranged marriage). He replies that when Rev. Case came to him, Ray took it as a sign of God. Because of this, he accepts Livy as she is, without judgment. When Livy asks Ray if he has any questions, he says no. In most scripts the man would ask, "Who is the father?" Ray does not. When she later questions him as how others will react when the baby comes early, he is sincerely steadfast in his position that it's not an issue because the community likes them. Without saying the words, Ray exemplifies I Corinthians 13: Love is patient; Love is kind. At Thanksgiving dinner at Ray's sister's (Mare Winningham) home, Livy thanks them for showing her more love in the past six months than in her prior twenty-five years.Florence hides her pain and anger about the injustice and ignominy of internment behind her smiles. Livy hides her pain, false hopes and the picture of her child's father inside her locket. Livy's turning point occurs when as she is burning the evidence of treason of the MP uniform that Florence has sewn for German POW boyfriend Walter (Eric Winter), Livy throws her locket into the fire. Wearing the locket is treasonous to her marriage. Florence' action diminishes the many actions and sacrifices of her family and fellow Japanese Americans that strive to prove their loyalty. Wearing the locket close to her heart diminishes the many actions of love of Ray and his family. Livy is not ready to accept the life of honest love with Ray until she throws the locket of false hopes away.These themes and sub-plots are as relevant today as they were in 1944. The magic is to see and live the extraordinary love and grace in the ordinary days. Thank you Hallmark.

WoW! This is one of the most motivated movies I have ever seen! This movie is a beautiful love story, pure, and above of everything, has a moral in itself. Maybe I am a little too emotional, but "The Magic of Ordinary Days" grabbed my sight from the very first moment. I watched this movie twice in a row, and I would not deny to watch it for the third time. Why? Because this movie sets out a perfect example for us, couples, on how to have that respect between each other which we unfortunately, often times don't have... Well, I think that those people who would watch this movie even once, would try to build the same relationship between themselves and their spouses, as Ray and Livy did; or if they already have it, they would definitely try to make it even tighter. Once again, I would recommend those who have not watch this movie yet: WATCH IT! and you will NEVER regret...

Very touching story, excellent cast, intriguing plot. Generally I am not a fan of romantic movies, but this one is worth watching! The whole movie is so ordinary & unpretentious, yet so deep and catching!And Skeet "Psycho" Ulrich as a caring father & husband in rural environment - THAT is a must see for sure!!! :)My only regret is that there has not been a single love scene= And i've been waiting till the very end of the movie to see how the rising & burning feelings are being consumed - there could have been a kind of "physical culmination" of the whole mental and sentimental love, but alas... Altogether, you feel slightly unsatisfied at the end...pure, but unsatisfied.