The roles may not exactly be likeable, but they are carried out to the extreme. If it wasn't for Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch or Donald Sutherland, this film would've been a total bore.
This review of Ordinary People (1980) was written by Jamie T on 22 May 2009.
Ordinary People has generally received very positive reviews.
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