This film might be old, trailer isnt doing it any justice, but belive me - it is a masterpiece. Superb acting, serious tone, serious theme. Hollywood doesnt make this stuff anymore.
Hollywood didnt make stuff like this at the time either. It was seen as a breath of fresh air when it came out, if I remember correctly. There werent many films about families from a serious perspective. Of course American Beauty is the 90s equivalent but with much quicker pacing and more events, and Id say is better.
It is really hard to say but today, June 20, 2024 the legendary fabulous Donald Sutherland, has passed away at 88! I miss him already, I will always miss him. I grew up in a world full of his films. We are the lucky ones that saw his great body of work! Future generations will have to seek out his films to discover what we already know, he was brilliant and although he was not graced by an Oscar for any of his marvelous films, he should have definitely been. But he got an Oscar for his entire film career while he was alive. Thank God for that❣️ Farewell my Donald Sutherland, you were always captivating to me, in your performances❣️Go in peace 🎭🕊️🙏🏻
I had no idea. I really liked every movie he was in. Invasion of the body snatchers was one of my all time favorite scary movies. The ending scarred me as a kid.
The pain in this story is palpable in a way that most movies simply can’t capture. I revisit this movie it seems every five or six years. It’s beautiful, and so moving.
@@davidnorman4786 I feel the same way. (Sophie’s Choice is the same for me-I saw it when it came out and can never bring myself to see it again, it just hurts too much)
Yes. She's my mother, too. In many ways, this is a horror story. A family coming unraveled with a small dogged ray of hope. It's one of my favorite films.
This movie should be streamed approximanto... Mentioned Sutherland today to my friends and family, his brilliant performances, forgot about this, with some of the most brilliant ones... And, in the end, he's the one you remember the most. RIP...
I first saw this movie right after my own brother had died. It was really hard to watch. Now I've been asked to watch it again for a psychology class. [Deep breaths]
Sorry for your loss. My brother isn’t talking to my other brother.. ima show them your comment. I read this hs and saw the film. Breathtakingly beautifully human film.
Timothy Hutton's performance is so extraordinary and relatable that I often have difficulty watching this film in one sitting simply because it brings back painful memories. Phenomenal actor. It's a shame he didn't have a stellar career.
RIP Donald Sutherland (July 17, 1935 - June 20, 2024), aged 88 And RIP Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 - January 25, 2017), aged 80 You both will be remembered as legends.
She should have tied for the Oscar that year with Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner’s Daughter. Barbra Streisand and Katherine Hepburn did in 1968 should have been the same in 80.
Donald Sutherland, you were one of a kind, and will be dearly missed. Thank you for so many memorable roles, but (for me) possibly this one most of all.
@@manjufrodo and let’s not forget Mary Tyler Moore, who was also cast against type (I think this was her only dramatic role) and pulled off a powerhouse performance.
My family was living in Lake Forest when the novel came out, and the movie was filmed there my brother's senior year of high school -- Robert Redford was in his yearbook. Not only is it a genuine and very affecting story of a family being torn apart by grief, it is spot-on accurate about the town. You want to know what Lake Forest was like in the early '80s? Watch this movie. (Me, I never fit in there.)
The whole North Shore, from Evanston north to Lake Bluff. And to add, I know somebody from the wealthy side of Boston...I think he would agree completely that "money hides a LOT of pain."
I remember watching this movie in college in my psychology class and it lives in my head rent free . I often think about how powerful this movie is ! It made me shed some tears & with a powerful message ! Such a great movie ! A good movie I just couldn’t remember what it was called !
What a movie. One of the greatest ever made. Robert Redford is a master and this is a masterpiece. No film hits home as this does. The ending is filmmaking magic. I learnt that no love is unconditional in this world.
Then they want to laugh at you for believing that even though they deceptively sold you on it in the first place. And you weren't an idiot. They gave you more than they gave initially, and all that other stuff. Then after setting you up, they have the nerve to scream from the mountain tops that they're the "victim" allegedly. I NO LONGER think that selective amnesia is based out of coping with something in someone else's formerly bad dysfunctional past as much as it is and evil mechanism that those types willingly use
The story line and concept is great. However the actors were uninteresting and it felt like watching a bland TV drama at times. Some of the acting kind of felt cheesy at times too. Overall it’s decent but could have been framed better
@@Skanda1111 I’m still going to watch it again because the story line is excellent. In my opinion there should be a remake. Perhaps a foreign version since the emotional content is universal
Phenomenal actor and beyond stellar career. He so richly deserved the Oscar for "Ordinary People". Even though he was honored with an honorary Oscar after the fact, no one can compare to the master Donald Sutherland.
No film has ever grabbed my guts and yanked like this one. Always loved "MAH-ree" ( Gavin McLeods voice) , but what a perfomance as the selfish ice queen here. What an incredible film.
This movie is still a winner...and one of my all time favorites. The acting is superb, the story line chilling but perhaps more common than not. Donald Sutherland's low key performance is outstanding.
This movie is true about the things people go through. Mary Tyler Moore was an angel she deserved an Oscar for this. Tragedies can tear a family apart.
I never quite understood what was going through her mind. I’ve known parents that suffer the untimely death of a child, yet don’t take out their anger on their spouse or surviving child/ren. it seemed like she blamed Conrad for his brother’s death, but I didn’t understand why.
She said in an interview that, while it was a welcome break from her eternally-optimistic sitcom roles, she personally hated the character she was playing.
Seriously without a doubt in mind, this is the greatest film ever made. I normally don't care for movies. A lot of them bore me if i'm being honest. But this film shows the creativity, power and emotion you can seriously pack into a movie if you do it properly. Very very very underrated classic film in my opinion.
I'm 44 and for some reason I've never heard of this movie. I'm going to watch this wknd. There was an article about Robert Redford in Parade magazine and they mentioned this movie. Everyone's saying it's a "masterpiece".
what is so cool about this movie is that there is very little music in it as the movie unfolds it is so like us sitting around relating to other people
A genuine American film masterpiece, the directorial debut of Robert Redford. And what a superb cast: Judd Hirsch, as fine as always; Timothy Hutton, in an early display of his talent; Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland, both cast against type and both magnificent!
The family's eldest son had died in a boating accident, where the younger son had survived. The mother had favored the elder son, and that affected her grief towards her husband and the younger son.
James Lanigan I saw this when 19, around Hutton's age) and was enthralled with Pachelbel, even learned it on the piano, but if you ever find out the other - it gives me chills even now, (as I associate it with the crucial breakthrough scenes) let me know. I'm surprised it's so hard to find where this music came from, maybe I can do a little searching myself...
This movie is so good that both Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton were nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor with Timothy Hutton winning
This is the first of the brat pack movies. The first to start off a decade of movies that include those from my generation (say youngest boomers, oldest gen x, me), with Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth Govern, showing the trials and tribulations of growing up. Some were comedies, some like this were dramas. Some took place in the past, some were present. All spoke to my generation. Not easy growing up. Just good to have great movies to relate to.
This was one of the best movies ever made. I can watch it again and again and still tear up. Every actor was superb in their role, and I want to single out Mary Tyler Moore in particular. Her performance against type as Beth was magnificent and chilling.
I watch this every few years and fall to pieces crying every time. It seems to press my buttons, like it's a kung fu master who knows what pressure points to press. I'm still left with so many questions even after seeing it again. Why could the mother love Buck, but not Conrad? Why did Donald Sutherland's character take so long to see the dynamic between his wife and Conrad? The ending, of the father and son embracing after having a real authentic emotional exchange where they could both say "I love you" is such a rare thing to see in cinema. I can't think of too many stories that end on this beat. Where a father has chosen to protect his son above his wife, after finally seeing how toxic she is. And that both men are able to be authentic and show emotion and both be there for each other, wow. You just hardly see this depiction. I also adore Conrad's relationship with Berger the therapist. Again, a modelling of a healthy male relationship, what a strong male actually looks like, in the form of Berger. I think Berger is one of my favorite therapist characters ever depicted onscreen.
I grew up in a community among moms like this. Oversized living rooms for guests and tiny spaces for the family. Performative answering of phones. Shelves weighted by books never read, cabinets with china never touched. Everything seemed born of the mom's' vanity. For social validation. Kids naturally turned to alcohol and self-destruction.
A great movie, as expected Donald Sutherland was brilliant and it has what I consider Mary Tyler Moore's greatest perfomance, one that stayed in my head long after I saw it.
I love this movie. Everyone’s acting was jaw-dropping, especially Timothy Hutton’s. He gave one of the best performances I have EVER seen in a movie. He should’ve won the Best Actor Oscar in 1981, instead of the Best Supporting Actor.
Just watched this movie for the first time. Good movie. Definitely has some sad parts and, as a mother, I couldn't even begin to relate to MTM's character. I really thought there'd be a breakthrough for her character. Guess not. Sad, indeed.
@@MA-wq2ih her character was certainly not meant to be loveable. I think that’s a harder character to play; to play someone you don’t like and find difficulty identifying with. It’s tough to play such a character convincingly.
Yes Brother....just yes....Elephant man was absolutely epic along with this movie...changed my entire life those two movies...I was no longer 10 the pain I senses was what grown man pain was
Это фильм про меня.Сейчас мне 53 и я понимаю,что мать меня никогда не любила.Представляю,что пришлось пережить герою Тимоти Хаттона в свои двадцать с небольшим.На самом деле таких семей ,где только внешне все кажется хорошо,очень и очень много.Любовь родителей-это то,что будет греть тебя в старости,если вдруг случатся какие то жизненные неудачи.Любите своих детей.
you'll go to hell if you die without ever watching this film.....well maybe not......but it will surly help you to be a better human being is you watch this remarkable film about the "human experience" in this life
Though I'd agree Raging Bull probably should have gotten the prize for Best Picture in 1980--man, is it a close, close, close call. Both this movie and the latter are stone-cold classics. They're just about vastly different things. . The movie did an outstanding job of capturing the milieu of suburbia without judging it. In a way, it brings back bittersweet, warm memories, despite the movie's "depressing" reputation. I'm quite impressed that a movie this down-to-Earth and honest about everyday family issues was made in 1980. On paper, it's a "boring" story, but these actors and director bring it to life. It deserves to be every bit as legendary as the concurrent Scorsese film it usually gets cited (derogatorily) along with.
1997residente It’s odd that it’s sort of forgotten even though it beat out Raging Bull. I hope it’ll make a “comeback” soon because it fits in today very well despite being almost 40 years old. Very good trailer too using canon in D and making it dramatic
I saw Raging Bull the other day after not seeing it for years and I was not impressed at all. Sure it looked good and Robert De Niro was great but the script was pretty bad and it didn't move me tall.
@@Starkardur I totally agree! Raging Bull is technically impressive, but it lacks depth, which Ordinary People certainly has. Ordinary People was easily the rightful winner imo. Would rank The Elephant Man above Raging Bull as well
@@tristanfrench7198 totally agree with you and @Starkardour I watched Raging Bull a few months ago, and that’s exactly what I thought: technically impressive and a great performance by De Niro, but I just did not care for the story at all. I actually found it boring at certain points.
That's because, so far as I know, this is the only time she played someone so unlikeable. It was visionary of Robert Redford to cast her so much against type, and she *nailed* it.
I wish that all women who are not ready to love, take care and protect their children to abstain to give a birth, I feeled that MTM is really my mother, and it's so hard for a child to have a mother like this, that boy character is not coming from the death of his brother but because of his mother. When the mother is perfect as a mother any things can be good in family even in the bad moments but when the mother is selfish like this the family can by destroyed and ruined.
@@marciaslater9897 he described, years later, how the film was shot and wrapped and he’d realized they’d played a key scene wrongly, with his character crying during a conversation that he felt would only be authentically had after the character was done his crying, and had gathered his thoughts and developed some resolve. And so he begged the director and producers to reassemble the crew and cast and set and re-shoot the scene (something that would come at no small financial cost). He spoke very highly of them for agreeing, and thus improving the film immensely.
Ironically, I have a weird connection to Ordinary People at a few touchpoints. First, production was going on while my mother taught yoga in Forest Park, and Robert Redford used to get his ice cream from the same Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors shop we frequented. Second, the Highland Park psychiatrist in the film was portrayed by the actor Judd Hirsch; my actual Highland Park psychiatrist's name was Jay Hirsch, so both were J. Hirsch. (Also, my psychiatrist would have been an acquaintance of actress Alex Borstein's parents, who were also Highland Park psychiatrists). Third, Judith Guest dedicated the book to her best friend Connie, which is where the name of the main character -- Conrad -- came from. That woman's daughter was the roommate of a woman I had dated here in Atlanta back in the eighties. I did not like the roommate even one little bit.
Brilliant film to watch by Robert Redford he did a fantastic job director he got a fantastic cast he deserves the Oscar for best director and Timothy Hutton deserve the Oscar for best supporting actor also fantastic cast and a fantastic script as well
Beth did not really love Connie, when Buck died so did whatever she had for Connie die. Did she blame Conrad? Maybe. Should it have been Conrad who died instead of Buck, the charismatic athlete and popular student ? I went to high school in the 80s with a guy whose younger brother by two years died from a tragic cliff fall at a park. Very affluent family and the dad in this movie reminded me of his dad. Can't imagine how it tore that family apart years afterwards. I really didn't know him much after his brother's death so I don't really know what it did. I just saw this movie for the first time last night and man did it remind me of my friend's family. The acting in this film has to be some of the finest ever on the screen. The emotions of discomfort by Beth at something so little as a photograph with her son was so believable. Just a great movie all around.
Rest in peace Donald Sutherland. What an amazing actor. He has to be my all time favorite actor. Condolences to his family, friends and all his fans.
This film might be old, trailer isnt doing it any justice, but belive me - it is a masterpiece. Superb acting, serious tone, serious theme. Hollywood doesnt make this stuff anymore.
I'd love to see a proper HD remastering for Blu Ray.
@@lw3646 if Apocalypse now got it, Ordinary people deserve it as well, but people want to watch Marvel, not this kind of movies unfortunately
Hollywood didnt make stuff like this at the time either. It was seen as a breath of fresh air when it came out, if I remember correctly. There werent many films about families from a serious perspective. Of course American Beauty is the 90s equivalent but with much quicker pacing and more events, and Id say is better.
@@dj71162 yea thats why I prefer European cinema over Hollywood any fukin time..
@@AnteBoss people don't think deep.
It is really hard to say but today, June 20, 2024 the legendary fabulous Donald Sutherland, has passed away at 88! I miss him already, I will always miss him. I grew up in a world full of his films. We are the lucky ones that saw his great body of work! Future generations will have to seek out his films to discover what we already know, he was brilliant and although he was not graced by an Oscar for any of his marvelous films, he should have definitely been. But he got an Oscar for his entire film career while he was alive. Thank God for that❣️ Farewell my Donald Sutherland, you were always captivating to me, in your performances❣️Go in peace 🎭🕊️🙏🏻
Absolutely beautifully sad ❤❤❤❤❤
I had no idea. I really liked every movie he was in. Invasion of the body snatchers was one of my all time favorite scary movies. The ending scarred me as a kid.
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Beautiful!! And I totally agree....RIP ❤😢
The pain in this story is palpable in a way that most movies simply can’t capture. I revisit this movie it seems every five or six years. It’s beautiful, and so moving.
You're right. It's so painful that it is difficult for me to watch.
Where can I find the movie on the net for free
I am the same. I watch it every couple of years or so. One of my favourite movies of all time.
@@davidnorman4786 I feel the same way. (Sophie’s Choice is the same for me-I saw it when it came out and can never bring myself to see it again, it just hurts too much)
I do too.
RIP Donald Sutherland. We used this movie for training family therapists. The more you examine it, the better it gets.
I lived this life, she even looked like my mother. Brings chills everytime I see it.
Yes. She's my mother, too. In many ways, this is a horror story. A family coming unraveled with a small dogged ray of hope. It's one of my favorite films.
One of the most tender books ever written, and one of the most brilliant adaptations to the big screen in the history of cinema. A breathtaking movie.
Sutherland played my favorite movie dad in this flick. He was so great in this movie.
This movie should be streamed approximanto... Mentioned Sutherland today to my friends and family, his brilliant performances, forgot about this, with some of the most brilliant ones... And, in the end, he's the one you remember the most. RIP...
I first saw this movie right after my own brother had died. It was really hard to watch. Now I've been asked to watch it again for a psychology class. [Deep breaths]
im reading the book for my psych class but will see the movie right after
Any other psychological movies you know?
@@sorena618 the dark half
@@sorena618 Manhunter with William Peterson. Movie by Michael Mann.
Sorry for your loss. My brother isn’t talking to my other brother.. ima show them your comment. I read this hs and saw the film. Breathtakingly beautifully human film.
This is the definitive movie of 'Broken Family' genre.A true classic.
I can't believe after making all those great films in the 70s Robert Redford just casual directed an academy award winning picture. What a legend
Timothy Hutton's performance is so extraordinary and relatable that I often have difficulty watching this film in one sitting simply because it brings back painful memories. Phenomenal actor. It's a shame he didn't have a stellar career.
Don't know what you're talking about. He had a stellar career. Several stand out movies like this one, "Taps" etc.
he's acting in this movie, my favorite movie so I'm sure I'm biased, is in my opinion the best acting I've ever seen
This got him an Oscar win...youngest winner to that point as Hutton was only 20 when he won.
That theme and the premise of the film still brings tears to my eyes so many decades later.
It has the same effect on me too🥲
I get chills… still, 40 years later, watching just the trailer.
I can't believe I've never seen this.
Yeah, goosebumps all over from the trailer and that music.
Saw it when I was 19, I had just come out of a 5 month ordeal with my family, seeing this was hugely instrumental in healing for me at the time...
One of my favorite movies of all time. The tragedy and pain of all of the characters is so real and emotional.
RIP Donald Sutherland (July 17, 1935 - June 20, 2024), aged 88
And
RIP Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 - January 25, 2017), aged 80
You both will be remembered as legends.
Unless I am mistaken, this was her only dramatic role. She was beyond wonderful.
@@collinsje5 it was not. she did several made for tvdrama films
She should have tied for the Oscar that year with Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner’s Daughter. Barbra Streisand and Katherine Hepburn did in 1968 should have been the same in 80.
She was so brilliant in her role here. As were all of the actors.
Goodbye actor & actress
Donald Sutherland, you were one of a kind, and will be dearly missed. Thank you for so many memorable roles, but (for me) possibly this one most of all.
@@manjufrodo and let’s not forget Mary Tyler Moore, who was also cast against type (I think this was her only dramatic role) and pulled off a powerhouse performance.
This trailer is a masterpiece itself...
My family was living in Lake Forest when the novel came out, and the movie was filmed there my brother's senior year of high school -- Robert Redford was in his yearbook. Not only is it a genuine and very affecting story of a family being torn apart by grief, it is spot-on accurate about the town. You want to know what Lake Forest was like in the early '80s? Watch this movie. (Me, I never fit in there.)
What state is it?
@@trawlins396 Illinois. It's the wealthy, monied borough of Chicago.
The whole North Shore, from Evanston north to Lake Bluff.
And to add, I know somebody from the wealthy side of Boston...I think he would agree completely that "money hides a LOT of pain."
@@sadee1287 not just lake forest, but the entire north shore and adjacent inner suburbs.
Im from LF. Used to see Robert Redford at Pasquesi’s
A quiet little movie that hits you like a ton of bricks.
Well said.
This movie will live on as a classic. It is so powerful and resonant that it is hard to believe it was made 43 years ago.
I remember watching this movie in college in my psychology class and it lives in my head rent free . I often think about how powerful this movie is ! It made me shed some tears & with a powerful message ! Such a great movie ! A good movie I just couldn’t remember what it was called !
Happy 40th anniversary to “Ordinary People”.
What a movie. One of the greatest ever made. Robert Redford is a master and this is a masterpiece. No film hits home as this does. The ending is filmmaking magic. I learnt that no love is unconditional in this world.
Then they want to laugh at you for believing that even though they deceptively sold you on it in the first place. And you weren't an idiot. They gave you more than they gave initially, and all that other stuff. Then after setting you up, they have the nerve to scream from the mountain tops that they're the "victim" allegedly.
I NO LONGER think that selective amnesia is based out of coping with something in someone else's formerly bad dysfunctional past as much as it is and evil mechanism that those types willingly use
The story line and concept is great. However the actors were uninteresting and it felt like watching a bland TV drama at times. Some of the acting kind of felt cheesy at times too. Overall it’s decent but could have been framed better
@@ramencurry6672 - It's unfortunate you felt that way. Art is subjective anyway.
@@Skanda1111 I’m still going to watch it again because the story line is excellent. In my opinion there should be a remake. Perhaps a foreign version since the emotional content is universal
Phenomenal actor and beyond stellar career. He so richly deserved the Oscar for "Ordinary People". Even though he was honored with an honorary Oscar after the fact, no one can compare to the master Donald Sutherland.
No film has ever grabbed my guts and yanked like this one. Always loved "MAH-ree" ( Gavin McLeods voice) , but what a perfomance as the selfish ice queen here. What an incredible film.
This movie is still a winner...and one of my all time favorites. The acting is superb, the story line chilling but perhaps more common than not. Donald Sutherland's low key performance is outstanding.
This movie is true about the things people go through. Mary Tyler Moore was an angel she deserved an Oscar for this. Tragedies can tear a family apart.
I never quite understood what was going through her mind. I’ve known parents that suffer the untimely death of a child, yet don’t take out their anger on their spouse or surviving child/ren. it seemed like she blamed Conrad for his brother’s death, but I didn’t understand why.
One of the most amazing movies of all time....just perfect.
Four extraordinary performers made a great film. Mary Tyler Moore did one of the best roles of all times in this movie.
She said in an interview that, while it was a welcome break from her eternally-optimistic sitcom roles, she personally hated the character she was playing.
Playing a cold hearted B****.
@@MA-wq2ih Even so, her performance was breathtakingly wonderful.
Extraordinary performance of Mary Tyler Moore , such an unforgettable portrait
I LOVE is film! One of my favorites. I can’t watch it without breaking down in tears. It mirrors my own family.
"You held on!"
45 year later and this film still resonates. superb acting and story line. all the main stars were amazing. I saw it when I was 18, I am now 63.
This movie came out the day I was born. Never seen it. I'll watch it for my birthday this year!
Farewell Sir Donald, I will miss you terribly 😢 RIP 💔
Both brilliant movies of 80s Ordinary people And The Elephant Man . Masterpieces 🎥🍿 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Seriously without a doubt in mind, this is the greatest film ever made. I normally don't care for movies. A lot of them bore me if i'm being honest. But this film shows the creativity, power and emotion you can seriously pack into a movie if you do it properly. Very very very underrated classic film in my opinion.
I'm 44 and for some reason I've never heard of this movie. I'm going to watch this wknd. There was an article about Robert Redford in Parade magazine and they mentioned this movie. Everyone's saying it's a "masterpiece".
@@trawlins396 It really is. It illuminates family structure and how easily it can shatter after trauma.
I agree, this is my favorite movie of all time
@@scotthoffmeyer7200 kind of reminded me of “The Ice Storm” with the same underlying doom and it being about the burbs in the seventies .
@@michaelconnor5378 This was an older and well-established "burb", well before the 70s...worth noting.
what is so cool about this movie is that there is very little music in it
as the movie unfolds it is so like us sitting around
relating to other people
The film follows the novel by Judith Guest to the letter. Excellent cast. MTM should have gotten an Oscar.
she was robbed
SUtherland too...
A genuine American film masterpiece, the directorial debut of Robert Redford. And what a superb cast: Judd Hirsch, as fine as always; Timothy Hutton, in an early display of his talent; Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland, both cast against type and both magnificent!
One of my favorites. Academy award winner.
What an outstanding trailer! I am hooked but I don't know the whole plot. Doesn't happen in a lot of trailers nowadays
You really should watch it. Masterpiece.
The family's eldest son had died in a boating accident, where the younger son had survived. The mother had favored the elder son, and that affected her grief towards her husband and the younger son.
This trailer tells you absolutely nothing about the film...it's brilliant.
I'm glad. I'm watching it this week and I want to go in blind.
James Lanigan I saw this when 19, around Hutton's age) and was enthralled with Pachelbel, even learned it on the piano, but if you ever find out the other - it gives me chills even now, (as I associate it with the crucial breakthrough scenes) let me know. I'm surprised it's so hard to find where this music came from, maybe I can do a little searching myself...
it's gotta be in the end credits
This movie is so good that both Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton were nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor with Timothy Hutton winning
This is the first of the brat pack movies. The first to start off a decade of movies that include those from my generation (say youngest boomers, oldest gen x, me), with Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth Govern, showing the trials and tribulations of growing up.
Some were comedies, some like this were dramas. Some took place in the past, some were present. All spoke to my generation.
Not easy growing up. Just good to have great movies to relate to.
I agree, also felt the Ice Storm captured my generation. Born in 63.
This was one of the best movies ever made. I can watch it again and again and still tear up. Every actor was superb in their role, and I want to single out Mary Tyler Moore in particular. Her performance against type as Beth was magnificent and chilling.
" _Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, & Timothy Hutton... in an extraordinary story of Ordinary People._ "
- Jacob Wilkes
Is it Robert Redford’s voice in the trailer?
I watch this every few years and fall to pieces crying every time. It seems to press my buttons, like it's a kung fu master who knows what pressure points to press.
I'm still left with so many questions even after seeing it again. Why could the mother love Buck, but not Conrad? Why did Donald Sutherland's character take so long to see the dynamic between his wife and Conrad?
The ending, of the father and son embracing after having a real authentic emotional exchange where they could both say "I love you" is such a rare thing to see in cinema. I can't think of too many stories that end on this beat. Where a father has chosen to protect his son above his wife, after finally seeing how toxic she is. And that both men are able to be authentic and show emotion and both be there for each other, wow. You just hardly see this depiction. I also adore Conrad's relationship with Berger the therapist. Again, a modelling of a healthy male relationship, what a strong male actually looks like, in the form of Berger.
I think Berger is one of my favorite therapist characters ever depicted onscreen.
I grew up in a community among moms like this. Oversized living rooms for guests and tiny spaces for the family. Performative answering of phones. Shelves weighted by books never read, cabinets with china never touched. Everything seemed born of the mom's' vanity. For social validation. Kids naturally turned to alcohol and self-destruction.
My mom has a china cabinet too. Needless to say, I am up to 8 beers a day.
@@PerryCuda that’s a brilliant synopsis on your part. I’m sorry.
this trailer made me cry
Absolutely great film and acting...
Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore were Absolutely fantastic.🎬🎞️
This film touches your soul.
I cry every time I watch it.
So touching and reminds me so much of what America used to be like.
Great Film. Very raw and real.
A great film - and a lot of great cable knit seaters...
My all-time favorite movie.
I always feel this film was inspired by my life and challenges. MTM even resembles my mother in character and hair.
ROBERT Redford masterpiece movie 🎥 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A great movie, as expected Donald Sutherland was brilliant and it has what I consider Mary Tyler Moore's greatest perfomance, one that stayed in my head long after I saw it.
Im here to say, Donald Sutherland, will be forever missed. ❤
I saw this when it came out. It is a truly great film. Heartbreaking, but great!!
Who's cutting the onions? 😭
Even the trailer made me cry.
Probably my favorite movie of all time
I love this movie. Everyone’s acting was jaw-dropping, especially Timothy Hutton’s. He gave one of the best performances I have EVER seen in a movie. He should’ve won the Best Actor Oscar in 1981, instead of the Best Supporting Actor.
Rest in peace Donald Sutherland
This really is a beautiful movie. Watch it if you haven't.
Que impresionante actor era Donald Sutherland. El mejor actor de esta y otras tantas películas inolvidables.
This is the story of my life.
Just watched this movie for the first time. Good movie. Definitely has some sad parts and, as a mother, I couldn't even begin to relate to MTM's character. I really thought there'd be a breakthrough for her character. Guess not. Sad, indeed.
MTM said in an interview that, while a break from her eternally-cheery sitcom roles, she despised the character she was playing here.
@@MA-wq2ih her character was certainly not meant to be loveable. I think that’s a harder character to play; to play someone you don’t like and find difficulty identifying with. It’s tough to play such a character convincingly.
Thank for so much good films Donald!
This is my favorite.
Elephant man Ordinary People amazing 🎥🍿 same year 80.
Yes Brother....just yes....Elephant man was absolutely epic along with this movie...changed my entire life those two movies...I was no longer 10 the pain I senses was what grown man pain was
Это фильм про меня.Сейчас мне 53 и я понимаю,что мать меня никогда не любила.Представляю,что пришлось пережить герою Тимоти Хаттона в свои двадцать с небольшим.На самом деле таких семей ,где только внешне все кажется хорошо,очень и очень много.Любовь родителей-это то,что будет греть тебя в старости,если вдруг случатся какие то жизненные неудачи.Любите своих детей.
you'll go to hell if you die without ever watching this film.....well maybe not......but it will surly help you to be a better human being is you watch this remarkable film about the "human experience" in this life
Love this movie I had a father that acted like the mother he hated me for this problems.
RIP Donald Sutherland.
Honest real movie about tragedy and overcome it
Though I'd agree Raging Bull probably should have gotten the prize for Best Picture in 1980--man, is it a close, close, close call. Both this movie and the latter are stone-cold classics. They're just about vastly different things.
. The movie did an outstanding job of capturing the milieu of suburbia without judging it. In a way, it brings back bittersweet, warm memories, despite the movie's "depressing" reputation.
I'm quite impressed that a movie this down-to-Earth and honest about everyday family issues was made in 1980. On paper, it's a "boring" story, but these actors and director bring it to life. It deserves to be every bit as legendary as the concurrent Scorsese film it usually gets cited (derogatorily) along with.
1997residente It’s odd that it’s sort of forgotten even though it beat out Raging Bull.
I hope it’ll make a “comeback” soon because it fits in today very well despite being almost 40 years old.
Very good trailer too using canon in D and making it dramatic
I saw Raging Bull the other day after not seeing it for years and I was not impressed at all. Sure it looked good and Robert De Niro was great but the script was pretty bad and it didn't move me tall.
@@Starkardur I totally agree! Raging Bull is technically impressive, but it lacks depth, which Ordinary People certainly has. Ordinary People was easily the rightful winner imo. Would rank The Elephant Man above Raging Bull as well
@@tristanfrench7198 totally agree with you and @Starkardour I watched Raging Bull a few months ago, and that’s exactly what I thought: technically impressive and a great performance by De Niro, but I just did not care for the story at all. I actually found it boring at certain points.
I never wanted to slap Mary Tyler Moore so badly than I did in this film. Great performances by all
Your comment is hilarious yet interesting at the same time. 🤣🤣🤣
@@J_NYC 😂 watch the movie and you will most definitely agree
@@TechnicJunglist I will, looks good , thank you 😊🙏
That's because, so far as I know, this is the only time she played someone so unlikeable. It was visionary of Robert Redford to cast her so much against type, and she *nailed* it.
@@danacarpendersketoloworno2043 robbed of an Oscar
The best American movie ever made.
Masterpiece....
"Ordinary People" reminds me of the 1983 Filipino films "Minsan Ma'y Isang Ina" and "Saan Darating ang Umaga?"
Just watched one of the best FILMS I've ever seen !!!
Grew up there. Remember seeing Redford all the time at a local hot dog joint. Wow 44 years ago
robert redford...what a man...
Timothy Hutton was so good here, should be best for the main actor.
RIP Calvin Jarrett
I wish that all women who are not ready to love, take care and protect their children to abstain to give a birth, I feeled that MTM is really my mother, and it's so hard for a child to have a mother like this, that boy character is not coming from the death of his brother but because of his mother. When the mother is perfect as a mother any things can be good in family even in the bad moments but when the mother is selfish like this the family can by destroyed and ruined.
Narcissism in a family is a highly destructive force.
Incredible book and movie
This Is an extraordinary film. ❤️😢❤️
One of Donald Sutherlands best performances
@@marciaslater9897 he described, years later, how the film was shot and wrapped and he’d realized they’d played a key scene wrongly, with his character crying during a conversation that he felt would only be authentically had after the character was done his crying, and had gathered his thoughts and developed some resolve. And so he begged the director and producers to reassemble the crew and cast and set and re-shoot the scene (something that would come at no small financial cost). He spoke very highly of them for agreeing, and thus improving the film immensely.
Ironically, I have a weird connection to Ordinary People at a few touchpoints.
First, production was going on while my mother taught yoga in Forest Park, and Robert Redford used to get his ice cream from the same Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors shop we frequented.
Second, the Highland Park psychiatrist in the film was portrayed by the actor Judd Hirsch; my actual Highland Park psychiatrist's name was Jay Hirsch, so both were J. Hirsch. (Also, my psychiatrist would have been an acquaintance of actress Alex Borstein's parents, who were also Highland Park psychiatrists).
Third, Judith Guest dedicated the book to her best friend Connie, which is where the name of the main character -- Conrad -- came from. That woman's daughter was the roommate of a woman I had dated here in Atlanta back in the eighties. I did not like the roommate even one little bit.
De mis películas favoritas de la vida.
Hermosa.
Brilliant film to watch by Robert Redford he did a fantastic job director he got a fantastic cast he deserves the Oscar for best director and Timothy Hutton deserve the Oscar for best supporting actor also fantastic cast and a fantastic script as well
This may have been the first film about a narcissistic mom.
This needs to be on Netflix because its a classic even though its really its sad and depressing.
Beth did not really love Connie, when Buck died so did whatever she had for Connie die. Did she blame Conrad? Maybe. Should it have been Conrad who died instead of Buck, the charismatic athlete and popular student ? I went to high school in the 80s with a guy whose younger brother by two years died from a tragic cliff fall at a park. Very affluent family and the dad in this movie reminded me of his dad. Can't imagine how it tore that family apart years afterwards. I really didn't know him much after his brother's death so I don't really know what it did. I just saw this movie for the first time last night and man did it remind me of my friend's family. The acting in this film has to be some of the finest ever on the screen. The emotions of discomfort by Beth at something so little as a photograph with her son was so believable. Just a great movie all around.
Timothy Hutton won the Oscar for his moving and realistic portrayal of Conrad in this film.