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Ordinary People (1980), Directed by Robert Redford (Review)

By Joseph Kellard

Dec 04, 2020
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Screenwriting by Alvin Sargent (based on a novel by Judith Guest)
Starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton
Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises
Rated R for language
Running time 124 minutes
Author’s note: This review contains spoilers.

Robert Redford’s Ordinary People portrays a teenager wrestling with—…

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