Ordinary People

     

Ordinary People1980

Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 124 minutes

Robert Redford made his Oscar-winning directorial debut with this highly acclaimed, poignantly observant drama (based on the novel by Judith Guest) about a well-to-do family's painful adjustment to tragedy. Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland pl… more »


Calvin "Cal" Jarrett:
He just wants to know that you don't hate him.

Beth Jarrett:
Hate him! How could I hate him? Mothers don't hate their sons! Is that what he told you? You see how you believe everything he tells you? And you can't do the same for me, you can't! GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE WANTS FROM ME ANYMORE!

Ward:
Beth, we don't want anything from you; Audrey, Cal, Connie and Me, we just want you to be happy.

Beth Jarrett:
Happy! Ward, you tell me the meaning of happy. But first you better make sure your kids are good and safe, that they haven't fallen of a horse, been hit by a car, or drown in that swimming pool you're so proud of!

Audrey:
Oh Beth!

Beth Jarrett:
Then, you come and tell me how to be happy!

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