Ordinary People (1980)
"Everything is in its proper place... except the past."
Critics Score
🎬 88%
(RT: 90%, MC: 86) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett
Dinah Manoff as Karen
Is Ordinary People good?
Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 88%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
