Reviews

Ordinary People is a perfect drama, a movie that other films should measure themselves against to make sure they are in working order.

1980's Ordinary People, marks the directorial debut of Robert Redford, and launched the acting careers of newcomers Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern.

I also have to acknowledge Judd Hirsch as Hutton's new psychiatrist - while I'm more than a little inclined to see him as an early version of Robin Williams' character from Good Will Hunting, I don't consider that a slight against Hirsch at all, and it's his scenes with Hutton that rank among some o...

Timothy Hutton won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his beautifully modulated performance as Conrad, the tortured teen who feels "onstage" after returning to school and cannot connect with his mother (Mary Tyler Moore), who he feels loved his brother more than she loved Conrad and Donald Sutherland...

Ordinary People is a poignant look at how hard a loss can hit a family.