Review of Ordinary People (1980) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 13 Dec 2006
The film looks austere and serious, rather as if it had been shot inside a Frigidaire, and the oppressiveness of the images tends to strangle laughter, even at the most absurd excesses of Alvin Sargent's script.
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This review of Ordinary People (1980) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 13 Dec 2006.
Ordinary People has generally received very positive reviews.
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