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1980
Directed by Robert Redford
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Donald Sutherland Mary Tyler Moore Judd Hirsch Timothy Hutton M. Emmet Walsh Elizabeth McGovern Dinah Manoff Fredric Lehne James B. Sikking Basil Hoffman Quinn K. Redeker Mariclare Costello Meg Mundy Elizabeth Hubbard Adam Baldwin Richard Whiting Scott Doebler Carl DiTomasso Tim Clarke Ken Dishner Lisa Smyth Ann Eggert Randall Robbins Cynthia Baker John Stimpson Liz Kinney Steven Hirsch Rudy Hornish Clarissa Downey Show All…
DirectorDirector
Robert Redford
ProducerProducer
Ronald L. Schwary
WriterWriter
Alvin Sargent
Original WriterOriginal Writer
Judith Guest
CastingCasting
Penny Perry
EditorEditor
Jeff Kanew
CinematographyCinematography
John Bailey
Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors
Steve Perry Michael Britton
LightingLighting
Ronald W. McLeish John Credidio
Camera OperatorCamera Operator
James Glennon
Art DirectionArt Direction
Phillip Bennett J. Michael Riva
Set DecorationSet Decoration
William B. Fosser Jerry Wunderlich
Title DesignTitle Design
Phill Norman
ComposerComposer
Marvin Hamlisch
SoundSound
Kay Rose Victoria Rose Sampson Jerry Rosenthal Bill Varney Steve Maslow Gregg Landaker Dan Wallin Charles M. Wilborn
Costume DesignCostume Design
Bernie Pollack
MakeupMakeup
Gary Liddiard
HairstylingHairstyling
Joel Israel Kathe Swanson Jean Burt Reilly
Studios
Paramount Pictures Wildwood Enterprises
Country
USA
Language
English
Alternative Titles
Gente corriente, Gente comune, Gente Como a Gente, Eine ganz normale Familie, Des gens comme les autres, Обыкновенные люди, Átlagemberek, אנשים פשוטים, 보통 사람들, 普通人, Zwyczajni ludzie, Obyčejní lidé, Sıradan İnsanlar, Звичайні люди, 普通の人々, Обикновени хора, Συνηθισμένοι Άνθρωποι, En familj som andra, Gente como uno, En ganske almindelig familie, Tavallisia ihmisiä, 凡夫俗子, Oameni obișnuiți, Obyčajní ľudia, Gent corrent, เส้นทางมนุษย์
Genre
Drama
Themes
Moving relationship stories Humanity and the world around us Underdogs and coming of age Powerful stories of heartbreak and suffering Emotional and touching family dramas Heartbreaking and moving family drama Enduring stories of family and marital drama Touching and sentimental family stories Show All…
Releases by Date
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Theatrical
19 Sep 1980
- USAR
02 Oct 1980
- UK15
13 Feb 1981
- Spain16
02 Mar 1981
- Sweden11
06 Mar 1981
- FinlandK-12
- Germany12
- Greece
11 Mar 1981
- France
13 Mar 1981
- Norway
21 Mar 1981
- JapanG
01 Jan 1983
- Poland18
13 Jun 1985
- Hungary18
Digital
24 Dec 2019
- France
Physical
04 Dec 2002
- Sweden15
05 Dec 2002
- France
14 Jan 2008
- Netherlands6
17 Jun 2011
- Brazil12
30 Mar 2022
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TV
17 Jul 1992
- Denmark
09 Feb 2002
- Netherlands6
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Brazil
17 Jun 2011
- Physical12DVD/BRD
Denmark
17 Jul 1992
- TVDR
Finland
06 Mar 1981
- TheatricalK-12
France
11 Mar 1981
- Theatrical
05 Dec 2002
- PhysicalDVD
24 Dec 2019
- DigitalVOD
30 Mar 2022
- PhysicalBlu-Ray
Germany
06 Mar 1981
- Theatrical12
Greece
06 Mar 1981
- Theatrical
Hungary
13 Jun 1985
- Theatrical18
Japan
21 Mar 1981
- TheatricalG
Netherlands
09 Feb 2002
- TV6Net5
14 Jan 2008
- Physical6DVD
Norway
13 Mar 1981
- Theatrical
Poland
01 Jan 1983
- Theatrical18
Spain
13 Feb 1981
- Theatrical16ICAA:281280
Sweden
02 Mar 1981
- Theatrical11
04 Dec 2002
- Physical15DVD
UK
02 Oct 1980
- Theatrical15
USA
19 Sep 1980
- TheatricalR
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Review by Lise ★★★★½ 48
Ordinary People came out in a non-snowy month in 1980. I know this because I walked home after the movie, even though I lived quite a hike away and it was an easy walk (I didn't have to walk carefully as I would on snow or ice).
It was nothing like the previous films I had seen. My previous favourite film was Grease, probably because it was the first film I'd seen on my own with friends; it wasn't a Bruce Lee movie that dad took me to as an excuse to eat popcorn. Ordinary People came out in the age of Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever and Grease. My best friend Nicole and I went to see it,…
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Review by #1 gizmo fan ★★★★★ 17
the best movie about mental illness ever made? why is this not more talked about?
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Review by Laura ★★★★ 11
when i was in high school, i dropped out of my calculus class so i could start going to therapy once a week. my dad would drop me off every friday morning, would go get breakfast when i had my appointment, and be there waiting for me to take me to school once i was done. i would then go to school like nothing happened, just trying to keep moving. i started going because the year before, my closest childhood friend committed suicide. for a year i convinced myself i was okay. but in that time, so much built up that i didn't know how to process. i felt a sense of anger for how everyone around me seemed to…
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Review by eely 👻 ★★★★ 1
that sun-dappled therapy scene where conrad is draped over the armchair and his therapist is smoking a cigarette and you can see the smoke drifting through the sunrays and then the camera pushes in on conrad lit all orange and he’s trying so hard to explain how he feels but just can’t grasp at the right words: beautiful. i replayed it five times.
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Review by lauren ★★★★½ 2
there's nothing ordinary about how much i cried
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Review by Jordan Horowitz ★★★★★ 3
Amazing how you can watch a movie and love it and then come back to it and wonder how you didn't really hear any of it the first time
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Review by Elric Kane ★★★★½ 2
It took 20 yrs, having kids and a pandemic for me to finally get how this could beat Raging Bull and Elephant Man for the Oscar. Sometimes it’s the quiet pictures...
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Review by Laura Saladino ★★★★ 3
Mary Tyler Moore shoves two pieces of french toast down a garbage disposal and it is alarming. Like when the mom in BLACK SWAN tries to throw the cake away.
Oof, this is so honest, it hurts.
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Review by David Sims ★★★★
WASPs, man
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Review by shookone ★★★★ 1
this is basically a Good Will Hunting predecessor, 15 years earlier and done right. a slow burn family drama, an honest depiction of depression, anxiety, mental health and a wonderful cartography of a family nucleus and its toxic yet understandable dynamics.
Mary Tyler Moore is a boss in this, her character is so horrifically narcissistic, it's close to unbearable. Donald Sutherland slowly becomes more of a fleshed out figure as obedient represser during the runtime while Judd Hirsch is fun to watch in a tailor-made role as psychoanalyst (which - in typical negligent carelessness - is called a psychiatrist here).
a very fitting autumn movie in light yellow and pale red.
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Review by Laura ★★★★
mentally i am in judd hirsch’s sunlit office & he is soaking up all the things i’ve blamed myself for
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Review by lex 🔪 ★★★★★ 2
so much of this just felt so personal
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