Ordinary People

Kramer vs. Kramer if someone actually jumped. A family in upscale Illinois is cracking apart after surviving immense loss. Mary Tyler Moore's icy performance makes it a time capsule of late 70s anomie.

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Robert Redford directed Ordinary People in 1980. See Robert Redford's full filmography, where to start with Robert Redford, or where to go after you've seen everything by Robert Redford.

Ordinary People was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 124 minutes.