Ordinary People
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.
- 7.5
- 1980
- Released
- 2h 4m
Donald Sutherland
Calvin Jarrett
Mary Tyler Moore
Beth Jarrett
Judd Hirsch
Dr. Berger
Timothy Hutton
Conrad Jarrett
M. Emmet Walsh
Swim Coach
Elizabeth McGovern
Jeannine Pratt
Dinah Manoff
Karen
Fredric Lehne
Lazenby
James B. Sikking
Ray Hanley
Basil Hoffman
Sloan
Quinn K. Redeker
Ward
Mariclare Costello
Audrey
Meg Mundy
Grandmother
Elizabeth Hubbard
Ruth
Adam Baldwin
StillmanRichard Whiting
GrandfatherScott Doebler
Buck JarrettCarl DiTomasso
Van BurenTim Clarke
TruanKen Dishner
GentheLisa Smyth
GailAnn Eggert
MitziRandall Robbins
BryceCynthia Baker
Ms. MellonJohn Stimpson
JohnLiz Kinney
LizRudy Hornish
EdClarissa Downey
ChrisCynthia Burke
AnnieJane Alderman
LindaPaul Preston
DennisGustave Lachenauer
GusMarilyn Rockafellow
SarahDon Billett
PhilipRonald Solomon
JoelVirginia Long
Choir DirectorPaula Segal
ShopperEstelle Meyers
SalesladyStuart Shiff
WaiterRose Wool
WaitressDouglas Kinney
ActorConstance Addington
ActressEdwin Bederman
McDonald's ManagerBobby Coyne
Young BuckMichael Creadon
Young Conrad
Released
en
$6,000,000.00
$54,766,923.00
- #chicago, illinois
- #depression
- #post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- #based on novel or book
- #suicide attempt
- #middle class
- #dysfunctional family
- #grief
- #bereavement
- #psychiatrist
- #guilt
- #grieving
- #survivor's guilt
- #loss of son
- #hopeful
- #sincere
- #tragic
- #mother son conflict
Reviews
_**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 Redford’s debut movie in the director’s chair and