Ordinary People

Ordinary People

  • Director: Robert Redford
  • Writer: Judith Guest,Alvin Sargent,Nancy Dowd
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 19, 1980
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Eine ganz normale Familie
  • "Ordinary People" is a feature film directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland , Mary Tyler Moore , Timothy Hutton and others. It was released in the United States on September 19, 1980   .
    The film is based on Judith Gerst’s novel of the same name. It tells the story of an ordinary middle-class family in the United States that began to become fragmented due to the unfortunate death of the second son   .

    Details

    • Release date September 19, 1980
    • Filming locations Lake Forest High School - 1285 N. McKinley Road, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $54,766,923

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $170,335

    Gross worldwide

    $54,766,923

    Movie reviews

     ( 32 ) Add reviews

    • By Dorthy 2022-03-25 09:01:10

      exactly

      I said the exact reason is that I have been in a low mood recently, and I happened to see such a movie.

      Right now, I am at the juncture of transformation. Some things will always come to me and overwhelm me, so I am extremely tired both mentally and physically. After a month of internship, I went back to school and looked for a movie to watch as usual. I saw this movie, and only watched it once.

      Judging from the fact that I have watched so many movies, there are quite a few...

    • By Melissa 2022-03-25 09:01:10

      Introduction to the story of ordinary people in English

      On the surface this film tells the disintegration of an upper-middle class family in Lake Forest, Illinois, following the death of the son older in a boating accident. In fact, in depth, it tells of the profound perverse narcissism of the mother, Beth, who seeks success only in the social norm of appearances and their approval by hiding behind her mother status, and who, by being blind to the psychology and feelings of her family, has installed coldness of heart, superficiality of feelings...

    • By Casey 2022-03-25 09:01:10

      How to use emotion to drive plot changes?

      The parents came home after watching the comedy, the mother walked straight back to the room, and the father cared about his son.

      At breakfast, the son's wobbles made the mother dump her son's breakfast and leave. The father wants his son to invite his friends over to the house to play.

      On the way to school, the choir girl won the attention of her son and classmates.

      At school, my son is reluctant to participate in multiplayer sports and eats lunch alone.

      The son...

    • By Ally 2022-03-25 09:01:10

      Kind father and strict mother

      A strong feeling of Oscar films in the 1980s. I don’t know if the Oscars in the 1980s tended to this style, or because of cultural differences, or because the translation team did a poor job. I always feel that many plots and lines are a bit nonsensical, and some plots are still very difficult to figure out. Thoroughly, it may be that great works need to be watched many times... There is no doubt that "Ordinary People" is a complete art film, with impressive unique editing methods and...

    • By Horace 2022-03-25 09:01:10

      ordinary people

      Like most families, the Jarrett family lives a stable and peaceful life, and Calvin (Donald Sutherland) is not only a lawyer of integrity at work, but also a father and husband. The role plays very well, and his wife Beth (Mary Tyler Moore) has been married for more than 20 years, and the relationship between the two is extremely stable.
      As the eldest son of the Jarrett family, Burke (Scott Doebler) enjoys more care and love, but Conrad (Timothy Hutton), the youngest son, does not. care....

    User comments

      ( 107 ) Add comments

    • By Novella 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Not sure what else to say. This movie has given me so much and said so much that I want to say, and I am reluctant to share those feelings with others. Many times we just can't let ourselves...

    • By Douglas 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Emotions are finely expressed and conflicts are well...

    • By Amani 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Some struggles are so solitary that they drown into silence. Some love is just so heavy that it hardly rises up above the...

    • By Sophie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Ordinary People ordinary...

    • By Kale 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      "They say when the wind blows, you always choose to shiver alone." Learn to unload. The emphasis on mental health in Europe and the United States is admirable. 2014 first...

    Movie plot

    The Jarrett family live in the suburbs of Chicago, USA. This is a happy family of four. Husband Calvin ( Donald Sutherland ) is a well-paid lawyer, and wife Beth ( Mary Tyler Moore ) is a smart housewife. However, unexpected events occurred. Once, the eldest son Parker and his second son Conrad ( played by Timothy Hutton ) went out boating, and Parker drowned and died. Since then, the whole family has been worried. The mother who...
    more about Ordinary People Movie plot

    Evaluation action

    Through the plight of an ordinary middle-class American family, "Ordinary People" draws on the theme of the declining concept of family in American society, revealing layers of contradictions under the calm appearance of American middle-class families. The film breaks the traditional role positioning in the family and replaces the strict father and mother in the works of art with the loving father and mother. This dislocation of family...
    more about Ordinary People Evaluation action

    Movie quotes

    • Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You woulda visited Buck if he was in the hospital.

      Beth Jarrett: Buck would have never been in the hospital!

    • Beth Jarrett: [to her mother about the platter she just broke] You know, I think this can be saved. It's a nice clean break.

    • Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [about Karen's suicide] I feel bad about this! I feel really, really bad about this! Just let me feel bad about this!

      Dr. Berger: Okay. I feel bad about it, too.