Anyone who lived, or grew up, in Lake Forest knows it is not a typical town. Not only is it much wealthier than typical, but there is a subdued, claustrophobic coziness to it that is very distinct. It is a place where one keeps up appearances - and paints one room Marshall Field's Green. To me, this film is as much about Lake Forest as about the characters. Or rather, I cannot think of a better place to set the story. The melancholia of early winter in LF is very special.
This movie reflects my life. I did one thing wrong and lost everything in life. I had to rebuild from scratch. I do not like the indifference shown by the mom to her son but she is right in saying it is a private matter. It is not because words get twisted and stories spun around it when you open up to people. It is because Conrad's vulnerability will be exploited by some people to ruin the family. It amazes me how some people have no moral conscience.
the only thing hard to believe is beth not going to the hopital to see conrad after death attempt,, most husbands would say that would be a marriage breaker,,, was it that way in the novel?
i always thought of berger as black in the novel. =/ it just seemed to suit him more, and guest described him as dark-skinned...and he doesn't seem eccentric enough here.
@vadimzdonutube. when i saw this movie in 1980 i thought it was just an average movie. over time i realized the greatness of the movie. i thought this was the best movie of the 1980's. as great as raging bull was, i thought ordinary people to be better. this was anything but an ordinary story dealing with ordinary people
There's a lot that's admirable about this movie, but I think it would've been better if Phil Silvers had played the father. He was Redford's first choice for the role.
Absolutely the best movie that has ever been produced and directed in the history of film making.. A phenomenal accomplishment which in every way is perfect: the acting, directing, setting, emotions, all of it. Thank you Robert Redford. A stunning performance by everyone. An achievement that may never be matched.
Loved this movie. I also adored Raging Bull. But I hate how Ordinary People won Best Picture and because of how people are being so ignorant towards it because it won over Raging Bull. It was a fantastic movie. Raging Bull was amazing also. Hard to choose between both. :(
@landyachtfan79 yea, at 1:24. The window with the trophys has still has those same exact trophies sitting there to this day. I walk by it everyday too.
I just watched this movie for AP Psychology class. It was definitely depressing, but at the same time, the cinematography was fantastic and very moving.
It was written (the tune) in the 1600's by Johann Pachelbel and is commonly known as Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. There was no soundtrack issued for this film.
this is for me still the best movie ever made. Brilliant acting by Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland and the rest of the cast. I actually learned how to love and love myself from this movie. LOVE IT SO MUCH
The subtitles are wrong at 1:15. Conrads father says "Your mother did come to the hospital Conrad and you know that!". If you watch the movie its pretty clear that Conrad speaks to his mother when he says "You never came to the hospital! How do you know about the hospital?". I can see how it can appear that Conrad is turned to his father in this trailer, when the clips are taken completely out of context.
Fantastic movie btw, brilliant acting, amazing story!
I relate to this move so much, I came out as gay 10 years ago, and that made things very difficult between me and my mother, but when my only sibling, my brother Jay, died 4 years ago, that was the final straw. I thought it would make us closer, she thought I would finally go to treatment for my "embarrassing and disgusting sexual perversion and submit my life to Jesus." I declined and she chose then to end our relationship. It hurt when she did that but in the end I will be better off for it.
@TomsFriendKake ...It hurt to watch this movie, I remember thinking that the only person who can hurt you with that intensity is your mother. They are OUR mirror -if they see something 'wrong' with you than there must something 'wrong' . Now I am the mother of four amazing grown up people who are all loved for themselves no matter what...In the end-Love is love-gay/straight there is no difference. Your mother has the problem...NOT YOU!!! Kia Kaha--this means be strong.
@stickitupyourasteric I don't know, but it seems pretty unnatural imagining your son banging in general. Are you planning on watching? If not, what the fuck difference does it make?
This movie was SO amazing! It's so raw and graphic. I haven't suffered a situation like Conrad and his family, but it was a true experience watching his life unfold because I know someone who is similar to Conrad.
I'm 19, and aside from all the bull movies coming out now, I'd much prefer something meaningful and worth while like this movie.
this movie is amazing i watch it anytime it's on television. mary tyler moore is just absolutely fantastic as the emotionally disconnected mother. donald sutherland is great as the constantly loving dad. timothy hutton is brilliant in this movie,with his calmness and his restraint. great actor deservant of the oscar.
This shows one of the drawbacks of living in an upper-middle class i.e. there is pressure to appear as if everything is A-okay. It took a while before the family got the needed help and by then it was too late.
that sort of pressure exists in every class of society.
I like what Ebert said "Director Redford places all these events in a suburban world that is seen with an understated matter-of-factness. There are no cheap shots against suburban lifestyles or affluence or mannerisms: The problems of the people in this movie aren't caused by their milieu, but grow out of themselves."
this film was excellent! I love how you where able to see how a tragedy can unravel a family! I literally couldn't stand the mother in this film, she literally was one biggest cowards I have seen in film. Which i think is a true showing of how great mary tyler moore performance was in the film! and Timothy Hutton was just incredible, you could feel the frustration he had with himself! so tragic!
this movie is my life. i've done one wrong thing and my mother hates me for life. wish i could undo it but i can't. i guess i just have to live with its consequences.after all it's all my fault. don't worry Mom, when I'm gone everything will be good again in our family.
Wonderful film. A lot of people bitch about "Raging Bull" not winning the Oscar, and while that is a very good film, I personally think "Ordinary People" was better.
I saw this movie for the first time on TCM a month ago, and I've been thinking a lot about it ever since; such a real and touching look at a family after a tragedy. My favorite moment is the ending--and what a perfect conclusion it was!
My dad just had me watch this with him last night. One of the best movies I've ever seen! It made me cry several times, and I rarely cry during movies. Such a different role for Moore to be playing! And I first saw Hutton in that new show he's in so I was really surprised when I saw how great he was acting at this age. I'd really like to read the book soon too.
This movie was on last night on the TCM cable channel. I never miss this movie when it's on. One of my favorite movies of all time. The story of this movie, is very universal and something we as human beings can relate to. In one aspect, or another. Even if we ourselves, may not necessarily have experienced everything that takes place in this movie. My favorite scene was at the end, when Calvin tells his father, that he loves him, and they hug each other. I can never watch that without crying.
This is an unforgetable movie ever made. I myself can identify 100% with "Conrad", he's traped in his own family, he can't fit on it, the terrible silence, the terible realtionship with his mother and the exellent conection and his good friendship with Dr. Berger... Is simply marvelous and unforgetable... I can see this movie over and over again and I just enjoy it like the first time
I want to a pologize for not answear your request!!!(I'm so sorry) But unfortunatelly my "Laptop" was damaged for a little while...indeed you can donwload this movie by Torrents! Good luck and I hope you enjoy this movie the way I do...
There are just so many great acting moments in this movie. It really was the commentary of white upper class America. People not appearing what they seem. People that everything materially and nothing emotionally.
@ItBrandonSilver everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I love Ordinary People, great movie. But Raging Bull should of won. In my opinion. Using terms like retard shows your immaturity. There are tons of examples of movies that won best picture that shouldn't. For ex: The English Patient winning over Fargo. etc. etc.
@ItBrandonSilver how do you know i'm not a member of the Academy? seriously? you just said "last time I checked? you don't know me or anything about me you dumb motherfucker. And anyone who thinks Fargo and Raging Bull is over rated is one dumb stupid ignorant immature dumb ass LOSER! By the way, I fucked you mother in the ass and it was good but overrated.
You clearly showed a much higher degree of immaturity with the "I fucked your mother in the ass" comment, you fucking hypocrite.
It all comes down to who's directing each film, it's Scorsese? It should immediately win, Coen Brothers? Same story. Well... SOOO sorry to break it to you, but just because the overrated turds that you liked didn't win it doesn't mean that the Academy made a mistake. Let me guess, The Dark Knight should've also been nominated for BP right? LMFAO!
@deanriam whatever dude. To each it's own. As much as I love Ordinary People, and I do love this movie, I just feel Raging Bull should of won. Now if you think other wise then fine, but to call Scorsese and Raging Bull "over rated" that just shows your ignorance and immaturity in the knowledge of Film making.
@ItBrandonSilver Yeah Martin Scorsese sucks, and Raging Bull is a piece of crap. Oh wait, it's number 4 on AFI's top 100 hundred films of all time. Where is Ordinary People?
idk this story really focuses on the relationship of a family and how they recuperate after losing a loved one, in Catcher in the Rye it draws a cynical portrayal of society and the "phony" people which he mentions
I watched this movie a few months ago and I still cry at random times when I remember it. And I'm also 19, as I was when I saw this before...
It's one of those movies that you watch for the emotional storyline and character development, but not the plot, because obviously the trailer more or less "ruins" the plot.
MTM gives an inspired performance in Ordinary People. She shows the mom's coldness and mean streak without saying a word -- her facial expressions during the party scene and the hug scene are two examples. Then the way she twists the knife in her son's wounds and the way she makes her son believe that what she is doing is really his fault is chilling. The golf course scene and backyard scene don't bash the audience over the head, maybe that's why some people don't get the movie.
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Ordinary People though is a mediocre bore, an offensive piece of dandy anti-intellectualism playing it safely down the middle. Just like the Oscar winner from the previous year, Kramer Vs Kramer, it appears to be designed mainly to gratify middle class housewives, reinforcing the all-American family values. As phoney a weepie as they get.
Renabulous--I was about to write *exactly* that until I saw your post. I found this last night on my cable's TCM on demand. This is still one of my top two movies of all time (the other being "Midnight Cowboy"). Yes it is glossed up a little (most Americans don't live in towns like Lake Forest, IL), but the complexities of relationships and suffering are all there. I have to say, though, that this traiiler bothers me in that it edits and sums up the entire movie!
@wsidechris yeah true its like a little present - the trailer that is. a little pretty but i dont know tim huttons eyes are so haunting..so i watch that clip and just go THAT that is why i love this movie, i dont know where that performance came from but my god its outstanding.
and EXACTLY "the complexities and relationships and suffering" they are all here regardless.
@ziggyvs Ugh, I can't stand people like you! Put down your dog-eared copy of 'Catcher in the Rye' and stop trying to be jaded. You're talking about it as if Judith Guest personally slapped you in the face.
The story isn't "reinforcing" All-American family values, it's deconstructing them. Have you even read Ordinary People?
This movie was one of the best movies I've ever seen! I'm an only child but Mary Tyler Moore reminds me of my mother in this movie! I'm 27 and I'm stuck with my parents because of circumstances I'd rather not talk about. I love my father greatly but my mother and I are on different planets. She seems to feel that any problems can be solved at home. Someday I'll see a psychlogist and let loose all that anger
Things are better between my mother and I. Back when I wrote that, everything was really fucked up. I'm glad I don't want to see a psychologist anymore. Becides I really don't have the money. I've learned to suck it up and deal with my problems.
Anyone who lived, or grew up, in Lake Forest knows it is not a typical town. Not only is it much wealthier than typical, but there is a subdued, claustrophobic coziness to it that is very distinct. It is a place where one keeps up appearances - and paints one room Marshall Field's Green. To me, this film is as much about Lake Forest as about the characters. Or rather, I cannot think of a better place to set the story. The melancholia of early winter in LF is very special.
MarcusCMarcellus 2 days ago
when is this movie going to be available on blu ray? it's on my top 5 of the best movies ever!
nathanblue 3 weeks ago
Oh Christ I keep welling up any time I see this flick!! Boy what a bitch MTM played, a great actress who did this role so well...
MultiCgp 1 month ago
What is the name of the song? I really want to find it.
pickledantique 3 months ago
@pickledantique Canon in D
buc555 3 months ago
Ok people: who else was sent by Kevin Williamson!:) May the vampire power be with you!
Actress16 3 months ago 8
This movie reflects my life. I did one thing wrong and lost everything in life. I had to rebuild from scratch. I do not like the indifference shown by the mom to her son but she is right in saying it is a private matter. It is not because words get twisted and stories spun around it when you open up to people. It is because Conrad's vulnerability will be exploited by some people to ruin the family. It amazes me how some people have no moral conscience.
ytdatauser 4 months ago
the only thing hard to believe is beth not going to the hopital to see conrad after death attempt,, most husbands would say that would be a marriage breaker,,, was it that way in the novel?
JazzKeyboardist1 4 months ago
i always thought of berger as black in the novel. =/ it just seemed to suit him more, and guest described him as dark-skinned...and he doesn't seem eccentric enough here.
LordScreech 5 months ago
Does anyone know what the music is played very briefly at the point where Conrad meets Dr Berger??
TheSteelydanfan 5 months ago
What a horrible bitch Mary Tyler Moore was in this movie...I'd say she did a pretty good job!
CesMan83 5 months ago
what is the name of the song in 0:44
DaBastard90 6 months ago
has ordinary people been preserved by the national film registry? no
has raging bull been preserved? yes
does ordinary people appear on the afi 100 years 100 films? no
raging bull is ranked 4th. seriously, if both films were simultaneously being broadcast on different channels what would you rather see?
vadimzdonutube 6 months ago
@vadimzdonutube. when i saw this movie in 1980 i thought it was just an average movie. over time i realized the greatness of the movie. i thought this was the best movie of the 1980's. as great as raging bull was, i thought ordinary people to be better. this was anything but an ordinary story dealing with ordinary people
ephraim1912 4 months ago
I watched this last night,
it was 38 times more better than i was expecting.
I thought the dad was very well acted, he seemed to care a lot for both his wife and son as family life started to unravel.
A very moving film.
blacklotus808 6 months ago
There's a lot that's admirable about this movie, but I think it would've been better if Phil Silvers had played the father. He was Redford's first choice for the role.
goback3spaces 6 months ago
i wanted to read the booooooooooooooooook
darcysgurl 6 months ago
@darcysgurl do it, it's great, should take you a few days
LordScreech 5 months ago
Absolutely the best movie that has ever been produced and directed in the history of film making.. A phenomenal accomplishment which in every way is perfect: the acting, directing, setting, emotions, all of it. Thank you Robert Redford. A stunning performance by everyone. An achievement that may never be matched.
vwbug1971 6 months ago
excellent movie !
multi oscars winner !!!
0224561 7 months ago
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the book was amazing. I hope the movie will be just as well
RiiP1MmL 7 months ago
theres no way this film could have beaten raging bull for best picture, thats insulting!
vadimzdonutube 7 months ago
The song is Pachelbel's Cannon. It's a fantastic piece! Absolutely perfect for this film.
thejetcitywoman1 8 months ago
what song is played in background ??? does anyone know ????
Jenea1209 8 months ago
read the book
pretty nice
Weezyzack 9 months ago 3
This trailer gives me the chills. Very good movie.
elleoneiram 9 months ago
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This is the best movie I have ever seen.
apcyiu 9 months ago
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this book was awesome . deff gonna check out the movie this weekend
LiVExLAUGHxL0VE221 9 months ago
whats the name of the second piano song played in this?!!?!?!?!?!?!?
xpattycakex20 9 months ago
Loved this movie. I also adored Raging Bull. But I hate how Ordinary People won Best Picture and because of how people are being so ignorant towards it because it won over Raging Bull. It was a fantastic movie. Raging Bull was amazing also. Hard to choose between both. :(
thatsnotmyname90210 9 months ago 2
The movie sounds way better than the book.
TricepProductions 9 months ago
This movie is full proof that oscars are an inacurate indicator of a movie, ordinary people is average, won over raging bull, really ?
dckitchen 10 months ago
I lovedt his movie. It was so emotional.
sueannwashere 10 months ago
I had to read the book for my English class. It was alright, but this movie looks good (:
AshleyxScreamx 10 months ago
never saw the movie but I just read the book and LOVED it.
I'm planning on seeing the movie
...hope it's as good...
narunarulove24 10 months ago
lol...the presenter for the best picture oscar that year was lillian gish. she almost called the winner ORDINARY PICTURE.
VTMCompany 11 months ago
while they're remaking EVER MOVIE in the world ... I would lovvve to see a remake of this movie!!! I think it would work today!!! SERIOUSLY!!!
ojmccaf63 11 months ago
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THIS is the movie that should be remade!!!!!
ojmccaf63 11 months ago
Raging Bull in long terms resulted being better that this movie, is a classic of classics. Just my opinion.
rodvalcar23 1 year ago 2
@rodvalcar23 you must not of seen The Elephant Man.. oscars don't mean anything to me after learning it lost to this movie.
devobd 11 months ago
I think Judith Light would have also been great in the role played by MTM........ N O T !
juxtn 1 year ago
Son, I am disappoint
Mamonar 1 year ago
What's the name of the classical piece playing at the end of the trailer?
Thanks! :)
Beale64 1 year ago
@Beale64 "Canon in D" I believe.
rabalabaloo 1 year ago
@Beale64 its Pachelbels Canon in C Major
snoopybooty18 1 year ago
@snoopybooty18 No. It's Canon in D Major.
91Bear 10 months ago
Doanld Sutherland deserved an Oscar fro his sublte endearing performance.
scottmanduzy 1 year ago
@scottmanduzy In fairness, that was the same year De Niro won for Raging Bull. Not a slouchy performance either.
j2f125 1 year ago
@scottmanduzy So Agreed
kaejae24 1 year ago
@scottmanduzy im sorry but even if he was nominated he would not have a shot against robert de niro in raging bull
vadimzdonutube 6 months ago
this was filmed in my high school!!!!!!!!!! lake forest, il
myvidspwn 1 year ago 36
@myvidspwn Does it still look the same 31 years later?!!
landyachtfan79 6 months ago
@landyachtfan79 yea, at 1:24. The window with the trophys has still has those same exact trophies sitting there to this day. I walk by it everyday too.
myvidspwn 6 months ago
I just watched this movie for AP Psychology class. It was definitely depressing, but at the same time, the cinematography was fantastic and very moving.
ilikeboardgames 1 year ago
@ilikeboardgames
what did the class think of the moment when the psychatrist hugged the patient?
Glodean6360 1 year ago
most depressing movie ever
markcba22 1 year ago
@markcba22 See "Mask."
Beale64 1 year ago
One of my favourite movies, so brilliant on so many levels and acted absolutely fabulously :) thanks for uploading this
littlefilmfan94 1 year ago
watched it in religious studies class :)
ModestDanny 1 year ago
watched this in psychology today. awesome movie
TearsofaGhost 1 year ago
LOL
nelligan10 1 year ago
It was written (the tune) in the 1600's by Johann Pachelbel and is commonly known as Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. There was no soundtrack issued for this film.
hardhat27 1 year ago
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Nozomiyoshi 1 year ago
ouh!
who knows where can I find this perfect soundtrack? or may be its title..?
Nozomiyoshi 1 year ago
this is for me still the best movie ever made. Brilliant acting by Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland and the rest of the cast. I actually learned how to love and love myself from this movie. LOVE IT SO MUCH
tidewatersewvac 1 year ago
excellent movie, excellent book
lapistedufort 1 year ago 2
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I think this might be the single best movie trailer ever made
Botanicalforest 1 year ago
I think this might be the single best movie trailer ever made
Botanicalforest 1 year ago
the comments im reading are enough for me, i dont even need to watch the trailer
mattmanmkb 1 year ago 2
The subtitles are wrong at 1:15. Conrads father says "Your mother did come to the hospital Conrad and you know that!". If you watch the movie its pretty clear that Conrad speaks to his mother when he says "You never came to the hospital! How do you know about the hospital?". I can see how it can appear that Conrad is turned to his father in this trailer, when the clips are taken completely out of context.
Fantastic movie btw, brilliant acting, amazing story!
batmansboyfriend 1 year ago
Epic good film
smotsliner 1 year ago
LOVE this film!
OrdinaryPEOPLE1980 1 year ago
ive yet to see the movie but i just finished reading the book., and the mom is just fucked up.. man!
bebebebz234 1 year ago
@bebebebz234 Go to blinkx.com. You'll find it there. :)
hjb103055 1 year ago
I put up the entire movie!
SpreadTheWord11 1 year ago
I relate to this move so much, I came out as gay 10 years ago, and that made things very difficult between me and my mother, but when my only sibling, my brother Jay, died 4 years ago, that was the final straw. I thought it would make us closer, she thought I would finally go to treatment for my "embarrassing and disgusting sexual perversion and submit my life to Jesus." I declined and she chose then to end our relationship. It hurt when she did that but in the end I will be better off for it.
TomsFriendKake 1 year ago
@TomsFriendKake ...It hurt to watch this movie, I remember thinking that the only person who can hurt you with that intensity is your mother. They are OUR mirror -if they see something 'wrong' with you than there must something 'wrong' . Now I am the mother of four amazing grown up people who are all loved for themselves no matter what...In the end-Love is love-gay/straight there is no difference. Your mother has the problem...NOT YOU!!! Kia Kaha--this means be strong.
oliviagiles 1 year ago 2
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Not sure why you are blaming the mother.
DrDDDuke 1 year ago
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@TomsFriendKake gay people r unnatural very hard to imagine your son getting banged in the ass.
stickitupyourasteric 1 year ago
@stickitupyourasteric
Gay people are as natural as the sunrise. I think your hatred is unnatural.
outinsider 1 year ago 65
@stickitupyourasteric I don't know, but it seems pretty unnatural imagining your son banging in general. Are you planning on watching? If not, what the fuck difference does it make?
TheAjr1987 1 year ago
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TomsFriendKake 1 year ago
This trailer makes it seem like a Stephen King story really
IndieMovieChannel 1 year ago
@IndieMovieChannel Sometimes life is a Stephen King story...
AnifanBaby 1 year ago
this is my mother
jeffreyalman 1 year ago
@jeffreyalman LOL. It's really not so funny in real life, but my mother is just like this too.
ninethreefivesix 1 year ago
This movie was SO amazing! It's so raw and graphic. I haven't suffered a situation like Conrad and his family, but it was a true experience watching his life unfold because I know someone who is similar to Conrad.
I'm 19, and aside from all the bull movies coming out now, I'd much prefer something meaningful and worth while like this movie.
zarbar2 1 year ago
this movie was pretty cool i watched it in class ;o
tsukasaru2 1 year ago
this movie is amazing i watch it anytime it's on television. mary tyler moore is just absolutely fantastic as the emotionally disconnected mother. donald sutherland is great as the constantly loving dad. timothy hutton is brilliant in this movie,with his calmness and his restraint. great actor deservant of the oscar.
autunmbreeae 1 year ago
mary tyler moore was a brilliant choice in the cast - such a different side of her.
septip123 1 year ago
Amazing performances and wonderful movie
This shows one of the drawbacks of living in an upper-middle class i.e. there is pressure to appear as if everything is A-okay. It took a while before the family got the needed help and by then it was too late.
DrDDDuke 1 year ago
@DrDDDuke
that sort of pressure exists in every class of society.
I like what Ebert said "Director Redford places all these events in a suburban world that is seen with an understated matter-of-factness. There are no cheap shots against suburban lifestyles or affluence or mannerisms: The problems of the people in this movie aren't caused by their milieu, but grow out of themselves."
hahahfilms 1 year ago
this film was excellent! I love how you where able to see how a tragedy can unravel a family! I literally couldn't stand the mother in this film, she literally was one biggest cowards I have seen in film. Which i think is a true showing of how great mary tyler moore performance was in the film! and Timothy Hutton was just incredible, you could feel the frustration he had with himself! so tragic!
Juliabb245 1 year ago
This is really extraordinary. heartbreaking. and one of the best movie directed by Redford.
029Mhelz 1 year ago 3
@beepollen1 Its a real honour honeybee....
shum65 1 year ago
@beepollen1 Always loved this emotional film Bren, tears flow
big time watching it, and of course my favorite piece of music plays
throughout the film, Pachelbel-Canon in D Major.....classic.....5/5...!!!!!
shum65 1 year ago
this movie is my life. i've done one wrong thing and my mother hates me for life. wish i could undo it but i can't. i guess i just have to live with its consequences.after all it's all my fault. don't worry Mom, when I'm gone everything will be good again in our family.
kimmiemassa 1 year ago
reading this book now
XClone08 1 year ago
a great movie, apart from the name of Jesus being used negatively throughout, IMO.
nopcbinfishoilplz 1 year ago
that mom is such a major bitch
auroy4 1 year ago
@auroy4 Sadly, you have absolutely no understanding of the complexity of the character at all.
hotram1 1 year ago
@hotram1 please enlighten me
auroy4 1 year ago
Wonderful film. A lot of people bitch about "Raging Bull" not winning the Oscar, and while that is a very good film, I personally think "Ordinary People" was better.
christopherhoughton1 1 year ago
So do I.
Raging Bull is HIGHLY overrated.
ItBrandonSilver 1 year ago
I saw this movie for the first time on TCM a month ago, and I've been thinking a lot about it ever since; such a real and touching look at a family after a tragedy. My favorite moment is the ending--and what a perfect conclusion it was!
Beale64 1 year ago
brilliant film,i never get tired of watching it....so well put together..i give it a 10/10.
TheDRAMAChannel1 1 year ago
This is a fantastic book!
stephl07 1 year ago
My dad just had me watch this with him last night. One of the best movies I've ever seen! It made me cry several times, and I rarely cry during movies. Such a different role for Moore to be playing! And I first saw Hutton in that new show he's in so I was really surprised when I saw how great he was acting at this age. I'd really like to read the book soon too.
DCSprousexAddict 1 year ago
Saw this in the movie theater back in 1980 and still watch it at least once a year. Truly, my favourite of all movies.
cawoodie 1 year ago
This movie was on last night on the TCM cable channel. I never miss this movie when it's on. One of my favorite movies of all time. The story of this movie, is very universal and something we as human beings can relate to. In one aspect, or another. Even if we ourselves, may not necessarily have experienced everything that takes place in this movie. My favorite scene was at the end, when Calvin tells his father, that he loves him, and they hug each other. I can never watch that without crying.
gendres1 1 year ago
I meant to say " Conrad ", not Calvin. I get mixed up with names sometimes because I get so into the movie.
gendres1 1 year ago
This is an unforgetable movie ever made. I myself can identify 100% with "Conrad", he's traped in his own family, he can't fit on it, the terrible silence, the terible realtionship with his mother and the exellent conection and his good friendship with Dr. Berger... Is simply marvelous and unforgetable... I can see this movie over and over again and I just enjoy it like the first time
pe60rc1 1 year ago 2
do you know what website I can watch the full move?
nyaas2001 1 year ago
I want to a pologize for not answear your request!!!(I'm so sorry) But unfortunatelly my "Laptop" was damaged for a little while...indeed you can donwload this movie by Torrents! Good luck and I hope you enjoy this movie the way I do...
pe60rc1 1 year ago
never mind i will just deal with you tube and the different parts lol thanks any way
nyaas2001 1 year ago
How did this beat Raging Bull again?
nerfballs2000 1 year ago
Because it's a much ebtter film.
rawisericho 1 year ago
I love this movie. And the music in the beginning is so haunting
Hotice770 2 years ago
There are just so many great acting moments in this movie. It really was the commentary of white upper class America. People not appearing what they seem. People that everything materially and nothing emotionally.
CarlaLR74 2 years ago
Something tells me that this is like American Beauty, yet with some extra power...I haven't seen it, but have to now.
StrangerToEarth 2 years ago
awesome cast. especially timothy hutton.
smileyourperfect 2 years ago
i'm currenty watching this is english. i am loving it. 5 stat film.
bigbrown4114493 2 years ago
This is a great movie but the fact it beat out Raging Bull for Best Picture is, excuse the pun, BULLSHIT!
BirthofCharlie 2 years ago
Are you an idiot or just retarded? If Raging Bull was so good, it would have won. Ordinary People was better, get over it.
ItBrandonSilver 2 years ago
@ItBrandonSilver everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I love Ordinary People, great movie. But Raging Bull should of won. In my opinion. Using terms like retard shows your immaturity. There are tons of examples of movies that won best picture that shouldn't. For ex: The English Patient winning over Fargo. etc. etc.
BirthofCharlie 2 years ago
You can have your opinion, but last time I checked, you are not a member of the Academy.
And by the way, English Patient deserved its Oscar win as well. Fargo and Raging Bull are one word: overrated.
ItBrandonSilver 2 years ago
@ItBrandonSilver how do you know i'm not a member of the Academy? seriously? you just said "last time I checked? you don't know me or anything about me you dumb motherfucker. And anyone who thinks Fargo and Raging Bull is over rated is one dumb stupid ignorant immature dumb ass LOSER! By the way, I fucked you mother in the ass and it was good but overrated.
BirthofCharlie 2 years ago
Congratulations on being a DUMBASS American!
Still doesn't mean you know anything about film or acting.
ItBrandonSilver 2 years ago
@ItBrandonSilver Yes it does. And it also means I know a lot about banging your mother.
BirthofCharlie 2 years ago
You clearly showed a much higher degree of immaturity with the "I fucked your mother in the ass" comment, you fucking hypocrite.
It all comes down to who's directing each film, it's Scorsese? It should immediately win, Coen Brothers? Same story. Well... SOOO sorry to break it to you, but just because the overrated turds that you liked didn't win it doesn't mean that the Academy made a mistake. Let me guess, The Dark Knight should've also been nominated for BP right? LMFAO!
deanriam 1 year ago
@deanriam whatever dude. To each it's own. As much as I love Ordinary People, and I do love this movie, I just feel Raging Bull should of won. Now if you think other wise then fine, but to call Scorsese and Raging Bull "over rated" that just shows your ignorance and immaturity in the knowledge of Film making.
BirthofCharlie 1 year ago
I didn't call Scorsese overrated, just Raging Bull.
To me, that film doesn't even rank among Scorsese's best.
deanriam 1 year ago
@deanriam whatever dude. You just proved my point.
BirthofCharlie 1 year ago
Your point being that you're a bigot who thins that anyone who doesn't think that Raging Bull is a masterpiece is immature and ignorant?
Believe me, your "point" says a lot more about you than it does about me.
deanriam 1 year ago
@deanriam Whatever dude. Go back to livin in your bubble.
BirthofCharlie 1 year ago
Does every comment need to start with "whatever dude"? LMFAO!
The "bubble" comment doesn't make any sense here, but "A" for effort though.
deanriam 1 year ago
@deanriam whateve.
BirthofCharlie 1 year ago
@deanriam dude.
BirthofCharlie 1 year ago
@ItBrandonSilver Yeah Martin Scorsese sucks, and Raging Bull is a piece of crap. Oh wait, it's number 4 on AFI's top 100 hundred films of all time. Where is Ordinary People?
nerfballs2000 1 year ago
You're going to believe a crappy top 100 list over the Academy Awards?
Yeah, you're an idiot.
ItBrandonSilver 1 year ago
@ItBrandonSilver I am an idiot your right.
nerfballs2000 1 year ago
@ItBrandonSilver who cares about the oscars anyway? theyre ruled by politics and show nothing about film excellence
vadimzdonutube 4 months ago
fuck you you fucking dumb shit
TMTGeneralDeath 1 year ago
i believe this movie is a fantastic parallel to "Catcher in the Rye." The similarities are almost uncanny!
ProudGraduate08 2 years ago
idk this story really focuses on the relationship of a family and how they recuperate after losing a loved one, in Catcher in the Rye it draws a cynical portrayal of society and the "phony" people which he mentions
martinidanimal 2 years ago
This looks like a phenomenal film -- I'll have to rent it.
AtLastOnTheGround 2 years ago
It is very good! It made me cry..
9robin3 2 years ago
Without question--one of the greatest acted, directed and written films of all time
buckwinthrop 2 years ago
i want to know what kind of pachelbel canon used in this trailer?
redfoxarts 2 years ago
I watched this movie a few months ago and I still cry at random times when I remember it. And I'm also 19, as I was when I saw this before...
It's one of those movies that you watch for the emotional storyline and character development, but not the plot, because obviously the trailer more or less "ruins" the plot.
lphead 2 years ago
MTM gives an inspired performance in Ordinary People. She shows the mom's coldness and mean streak without saying a word -- her facial expressions during the party scene and the hug scene are two examples. Then the way she twists the knife in her son's wounds and the way she makes her son believe that what she is doing is really his fault is chilling. The golf course scene and backyard scene don't bash the audience over the head, maybe that's why some people don't get the movie.
smokeysport2 2 years ago
why was canon in D played so many times in this movie?
capoeirahataari 2 years ago
Oh yeah REAL "phoney" never ceases to make me laugh how people throw that word around.
Renabulous 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Ordinary People though is a mediocre bore, an offensive piece of dandy anti-intellectualism playing it safely down the middle. Just like the Oscar winner from the previous year, Kramer Vs Kramer, it appears to be designed mainly to gratify middle class housewives, reinforcing the all-American family values. As phoney a weepie as they get.
ziggyvs 2 years ago
well considering she was the villian of the movie, i dont see how it would please the middle class housewives.
Renabulous 2 years ago
Renabulous--I was about to write *exactly* that until I saw your post. I found this last night on my cable's TCM on demand. This is still one of my top two movies of all time (the other being "Midnight Cowboy"). Yes it is glossed up a little (most Americans don't live in towns like Lake Forest, IL), but the complexities of relationships and suffering are all there. I have to say, though, that this traiiler bothers me in that it edits and sums up the entire movie!
wsidechris 2 years ago
@wsidechris yeah true its like a little present - the trailer that is. a little pretty but i dont know tim huttons eyes are so haunting..so i watch that clip and just go THAT that is why i love this movie, i dont know where that performance came from but my god its outstanding.
and EXACTLY "the complexities and relationships and suffering" they are all here regardless.
Renabulous 2 years ago
@ziggyvs Ugh, I can't stand people like you! Put down your dog-eared copy of 'Catcher in the Rye' and stop trying to be jaded. You're talking about it as if Judith Guest personally slapped you in the face.
The story isn't "reinforcing" All-American family values, it's deconstructing them. Have you even read Ordinary People?
ZannyRamone 2 years ago
I've yet to see this movie, but the book had me emotionally wrecked for a week.
horrordork 2 years ago 8
@horrordork pussy
MHB155 1 year ago
Great movie.
jonnywood09 2 years ago
Anyone else wanted to beat the shit out of Beth.
Gunnarsas 2 years ago 5
@Gunnarsas yes ! i read the book, and to me she was the most selfish ,ignorant women i ever read about
happyangelbaby125 2 years ago
@Gunnarsas It is sad that she didn't know how to love.
CarlaLR74 1 year ago
im 15 AND I LOVE THIS!
funkymnkybella 2 years ago
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TheBrainstorm9703 2 years ago
This movie was one of the best movies I've ever seen! I'm an only child but Mary Tyler Moore reminds me of my mother in this movie! I'm 27 and I'm stuck with my parents because of circumstances I'd rather not talk about. I love my father greatly but my mother and I are on different planets. She seems to feel that any problems can be solved at home. Someday I'll see a psychlogist and let loose all that anger
TheBrainstorm9703 2 years ago 11
Just tell mommy to go to hell and take your father to dinner with the money you save by not seeing the shrink.
bigjoetube 1 year ago
@bigjoetube
Things are better between my mother and I. Back when I wrote that, everything was really fucked up. I'm glad I don't want to see a psychologist anymore. Becides I really don't have the money. I've learned to suck it up and deal with my problems.
TheBrainstorm9703 1 year ago
Glad things are better good luck.
bigjoetube 1 year ago