ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980) **** Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern, Judd Hirsch, Adam Baldwin, M. Emmet Walsh, James B. Sikking, Dinah Manoff. Stunningly emotional domestic drama about an upper middle-class family coming apart at the seams after a tragic boating accident kills their eldest son and the shattering impact felt by its surviving sibling (a devestatingly poignant Oscar-winning Hutton for Best Supporting Actor in his film debut). Moore is the cold mother with chilling moments and Sutherland is emphatically low-key. Perfect direction by first-time director Robert Redford who garnered an Oscar as well as Best Picture, and Alvin Sargent's Best Screenplay based on the best seller by Judith Guest. (Best moment: Hutton learning about a friend's sudden death by a phone call; harrowing and definetly will have you crying)
Review of Ordinary People
