Review of Ordinary People (1980) by Catherine R — 24 Mar 2009
It is most difficult for some people to forgive this film for beating Scorsese's masterpiece "Raging Bull" at the Oscars, but no one must oversee the fact that "Ordinary People" is one of the best films ever made about human emotions.
What makes it special is the way the main characters are "treated". They are sad figures not because they share their feelings, but because they DON'T. They can't sit down and talk because they can't say anything.
Maybe because they don't feel they need to. Maybe because there are no words to say how ruined, tortured and drained they feel they are. And it is sad knowing that people are so desperate and they don't have the strength and the will to share it.
And even though they have the same feelings, they feel isolated and alone. The time they'll talk, the truth is what will eventually tear them apart. But only momentarily. Because people forgive.
This review of Ordinary People (1980) was written by Catherine R on 24 Mar 2009.
Ordinary People has generally received very positive reviews.
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