Ordinary People (
1980
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Running Time: 124 minutes
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
As the title implies this is about ordinary people. The dramatic element deals with how these ordinary people deal with the accidental death of their oldest son. His brother (Timothy Hutton) deals with it by attempting suicide. His mother (Mary Tyler Moore) deals with it by pretending nothing is wrong. His father (Donald Sutherland) deals with it by walking on eggshells around his wife and remaining son. All the performances, including Judd Hirsch's as Hutton's therapist, are raw, honest and deeply moving.
| Directed
By: |
Robert
Redford
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| Written
By: |
Alvin Sargent
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| Starring: |
Timothy Hutton
Mary Tyler Moore
Donald Sutherland
Judd Hirsch
Elizabeth McGovern
M. Emmet Walsh
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Amazon.com Editorial Review
Robert Redford made his Oscar-winning directorial debut with this highly acclaimed, poignantly observant drama (based on the novel by Judith Guest) about a well-to-do family's painful adjustment to t... (Read the full review at Amazon.com) |
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