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Ordinary People (1980) Movie Reviews
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The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Conrad Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) has returned home after four months in a mental hospital. He tried to kill himself following a tragic boating accident with his brother, Bucky, who drowned. He is trying to find a way to fit in, both at home and at school....read the complete Ordinary People (1980) review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Robert Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People, is a solemn, studied portrait of a well-to-do American family coming apart from the inside after the tragic death of a son. Based the popular 1976 novel by Judith Guest, its central idea is that all...read the complete Ordinary People (1980) review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
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Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)
Incredibly repressed and boring people "Ordinary People" is a fairly well done soap opera, a sort of "General Hospital" for the big screen. Nothing more. Nothing less. Director Robert Redford, in his directing debut, strings together an endless montage...read the complete Ordinary People (1980) review at Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)
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