Ordinary People (1980) (2024)

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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

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…

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Theatrical

19 Sep 1980
  • Ordinary People (1980) (3)USAR

02 Oct 1980
  • Ordinary People (1980) (4)UK15

13 Feb 1981
  • Ordinary People (1980) (5)Spain16

02 Mar 1981
  • Ordinary People (1980) (6)Sweden11

06 Mar 1981
  • Ordinary People (1980) (7)FinlandK-12
  • Ordinary People (1980) (8)Germany12
  • Ordinary People (1980) (9)Greece

11 Mar 1981
  • Ordinary People (1980) (10)France

13 Mar 1981
  • Ordinary People (1980) (11)Norway

21 Mar 1981
  • Ordinary People (1980) (12)JapanG

01 Jan 1983
  • Ordinary People (1980) (13)Poland18

13 Jun 1985
  • Ordinary People (1980) (14)Hungary18

Digital

24 Dec 2019
  • Ordinary People (1980) (15)France

Physical

04 Dec 2002
  • Ordinary People (1980) (16)Sweden15

05 Dec 2002
  • Ordinary People (1980) (17)France

14 Jan 2008
  • Ordinary People (1980) (18)Netherlands6

17 Jun 2011
  • Ordinary People (1980) (19)Brazil12

30 Mar 2022
  • Ordinary People (1980) (20)France

TV

17 Jul 1992
  • Ordinary People (1980) (21)Denmark

09 Feb 2002
  • Ordinary People (1980) (22)Netherlands6

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Ordinary People (1980) (23)Brazil
17 Jun 2011
  • Physical12DVD/BRD
Ordinary People (1980) (24)Denmark
17 Jul 1992
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Ordinary People (1980) (25)Finland
06 Mar 1981
  • TheatricalK-12
Ordinary People (1980) (26)France
11 Mar 1981
  • Theatrical
05 Dec 2002
  • PhysicalDVD
24 Dec 2019
  • DigitalVOD
30 Mar 2022
  • PhysicalBlu-Ray
Ordinary People (1980) (27)Germany
06 Mar 1981
  • Theatrical12
Ordinary People (1980) (28)Greece
06 Mar 1981
  • Theatrical
Ordinary People (1980) (29)Hungary
13 Jun 1985
  • Theatrical18
Ordinary People (1980) (30)Japan
21 Mar 1981
  • TheatricalG
Ordinary People (1980) (31)Netherlands
09 Feb 2002
  • TV6Net5
14 Jan 2008
  • Physical6DVD
Ordinary People (1980) (32)Norway
13 Mar 1981
  • Theatrical
Ordinary People (1980) (33)Poland
01 Jan 1983
  • Theatrical18
Ordinary People (1980) (34)Spain
13 Feb 1981
  • Theatrical16ICAA:281280
Ordinary People (1980) (35)Sweden
02 Mar 1981
  • Theatrical11
04 Dec 2002
  • Physical15DVD
Ordinary People (1980) (36)UK
02 Oct 1980
  • Theatrical15
Ordinary People (1980) (37)USA
19 Sep 1980
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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,…

  • Review by #1 gizmo fan ★★★★★ 17

    the best movie about mental illness ever made? why is this not more talked about?

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Review by lauren ★★★★½ 2

    there's nothing ordinary about how much i cried

  • 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

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Review by David Sims ★★★★

    WASPs, man

  • 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.

  • Review by Laura ★★★★

    mentally i am in judd hirsch’s sunlit office & he is soaking up all the things i’ve blamed myself for

  • Review by lex 🔪 ★★★★★ 2

    so much of this just felt so personal

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