Ordinary People

  • Drama
9/19/1980
124
R

Everything is in its proper place... except the past.

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

Revenue:
$54,766,923
Budget:
$6,000,000

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  • Wuchak

    Potent drama with Hutton, Sutherland, Moore and Hirsch

    A family in an affluent neighborhood north of Chicago tries to recover after a tragedy. Timothy Hutton plays the troubled son who gets help from a therapist (Judd Hirsch) while Donald Sutherland & Mary Tyler Moore play the seemingly okay parents.

    Ordinary People (1980) was Robert Redfords debut movie in the directors chair and it was a huge success. The story is two-pronged: Its a coming-of-age drama about the anxious son at home, school, therapy and his relationships with the fairer sex, as well as a marital drama about the parents.

    This was Huttons first theatrical movie, but you wouldnt know that by his powerhouse performance, which is on the level of Brando. Its int...

    December 30, 2020

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