There are films that are made of cherished moments and there are others who don't have any and they really are betting more on the work of the actors or the entire structure of the film in general. Ordinary People can put it in the final classification, because when I'm writing this I think of some really memorable scene within the film and I don't remember any specific that has impacted me, but I may say that history is well made because the intent of Robert Redford, as director of the movie, is met by a simple way showing that the common life is also full of drama and that ordinary people also suffer, laments and dreams with a happy life.
The problem with this film lies at times because in some moments is too slow the characters evolution and the moments of crisis takes a lot to appear, something that happens in real life but would have been helpful for the public if everything had happened so more agile. Another detail that for me seal the film is the three main performances because there lies the story, unfortunately, although Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler plays at the level it needed to move feelings, one like the comprehensive father who fights for being a happy family and she like the mother who blames her son for the death of the firstborn, but not happens the same same thing with the Jarret's son, played by Timothy Hutton, whose acting, or rather say over acting, makes the impact on the death of his brother less credible and transforms the film in a soap opera.
Even with some details the balance is tilted more toward the virtues of the film that makes enjoyable the drama of real life.
The problem with this film lies at times because in some moments is too slow the characters evolution and the moments of crisis takes a lot to appear, something that happens in real life but would have been helpful for the public if everything had happened so more agile. Another detail that for me seal the film is the three main performances because there lies the story, unfortunately, although Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler plays at the level it needed to move feelings, one like the comprehensive father who fights for being a happy family and she like the mother who blames her son for the death of the firstborn, but not happens the same same thing with the Jarret's son, played by Timothy Hutton, whose acting, or rather say over acting, makes the impact on the death of his brother less credible and transforms the film in a soap opera.
Even with some details the balance is tilted more toward the virtues of the film that makes enjoyable the drama of real life.