A woman attempting to rebuild a life stained by alcoholism rallies a community to save a girl’s life, battling a mountain of medical bills in the process.

In some hands “Ordinary Angels” would be a treacly, faith-based misfire.

Director Jon Gunn (“The Case for Christ”) had other ideas. His take on the material is faith-kissed but filled with rough, ungainly edges. That makes the story’s lump-in-your-throat moments, and there are a good half dozen or so, pop off the screen without 3D goggles. ...

You think you know where “Angels” is going at every turn and more times than not you’ll be right. Still, the screenplay by Meg Tilly (yes, that Meg Tilly) and Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”) is shrewd enough to lean into the formula while making it feel fresh.