I recall the film “Ordinary People” (1980, Paramount), directed by Robert
Redford, particularly today because the title reminds me, at least, of a common
term for “average joe” voters in a political world of populism.
But the film, which I think I saw at Northpark in Dallas in
the fall of 1980, was quite popular with coworkers, and it’s an engaging story
of how a teenage boy Conrad Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) has to work through
several stages of therapy to deal with his misapplied guilt in dealing with the
death of his older brother Buck (Scott Doebler) for which he blames himself.
Judd Hirsch is the therapist (Berger) and the parents are
played by Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore.
The film is set in an affluent suburb of Chicago.
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