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The hug Conrad gives his mother is loving and also telling her he forgoves her. Forgiveness is something Beth can',t handle, forgivenes means going on in life. Conrad has learned to love without conditions or image. Beth can't give love without strings attached. Beth is a victim of her own making, she is lost in a sea of grief, despair, resentfulness, and anger. MTM played her perfectly.

She should had received the Oscar

When Conrad put his arms around his mum, it shows that she completely froze, and she still cannot show her affection to Conrad at all.

some people like my sister cannot handle 'mess' they need 'everyting neat and tidy'. Pressure and tragedy bring out what people are really made of.

RIP Donald Sutherland, one of the finest dramas ever made

I think it was more what Cal said to her. After Buck died, she died.

Donald Sutherland in "Ordinary People" from 1980 (leading male actor) and Mia Farrow in "Rosemary's baby" from 1968 (leading female actor) were the most SHAME of Academy in the movie history. 😖🤦🏻‍♂️ Both great actors, with ZERO nominations to Oscar. Unbelievable. 👎🏻

Time to watch this again.

How can I defend this film winning Best Picture over "Raging Bull?" Scenes like this hit harder than Jake LaMotta.

I don’t have the same level of sympathy that some have for Beth

The entire cast in this film are giving a masterclass in acting.

It’s so sad u can see all he wants is his mothers love

She blamed Conrad for Buck's death. She just couldn't realize it before it was already too late. False pride. Living in denial.

MTM... Great actress

Mary basically playing herself as Beth

The fact this won Best Picture over Raging Bull says a lot about the Academy’s values at the time.

Still my go to movie when I need a great flick...this is a classic ❤❤❤❤

This Scene Illustrates What Dialogue Can Never Accomplish for this brilliant Narrative.. Thanks Donald...💗

Brilliant Actors Mary Tyler Moore. Donald Sutherland Rip 🌹

I grew up in the same kind of fakey family with a mother who was always on edge.

RIP Donald, one of my favorite scenes of his. This whole movie is his best performance in my opinion. Closely followed by Space Cowboys no matter how corny it is.

I watched this Movie again After the Death of Mary Tyler Moore, now once again for Donald Sutherland!

This was one of my dad's favorite movies. He was so upset that MTM didn't win the oscar for best actress. MTM was wonderful, and it would have been a well-deserved win. That year, the award went to Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter. Having seen both movies, and knowing the shock people had at seeing one actress best known for comedy, and another best known for a horror movie, a very good horror movie, but a horror movie nonetheless, do such amazing work, one would be hard pressed to decide who should get the oscar. Persononally, I think the fact that Sissy Spacek did her own singing in CMD was ultimately the deciding factor. I also agree that DS should have been at least nominated for an oscar. R.I.P Donald Sutherland.

Donald Sutherland not getting an Oscar nomination for this film is a crime. Mary Tyler Moore showed real guts playing such a character you end up hating. Opposite of Mary Richards.

RIP, Mr. Sutherland… you will be sorely missed. 😢

I could have sworn there was a bit where the guy from texas does a pessimistic golfer impression

It is, perhaps, the best movie I have ever seen. Does not hold any punches. Thank you so much for posting this.

I have used vignettes from Ordinary People when teaching about Forgiveness. Nothing is more devestating to A Parent than outliving a Child. Having compassion and Empathy for each other makes It possible for Us to survive. Faithfully and Lovingly Yours, The Rev. Derrill B. ( Derk) Manley, Ph.D

❤ classic movie. Could watch it forever.louis

I don’t see her as the villain like so many are quick to think but as she said during an interview more of a victim of many factors creating who she is. Conrad and Beth manipulate and torture each other because they both cannot deal with their own responses to their trauma. The dad enables the son and sides with him, alienating Beth, but if he swaps it and chooses to back Beth over Conrad, he risks losing his other son and he thinks Beth is stronger of the two so he backs Conrad and loses Beth. Conrad uses his Dad’s sympathy to needle Beth making her anger towards Conrad even worse. It’s all tragic but given her inabilities and lack of support, I do feel bad for her.

This movie so aptly describes uptight white people holding everything inside, insisting that everything is OK. Saw so much of my own mother in Mary Tyler Moore's character, frightening and poignant.

Best picture ...best supporting actor ( Hutton ) ...best director ( Redford ). We should have also seen Oscars for both Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland . They were all brilliant in this film . Mary lost her son in real life after Ordinary People . She stated in interviews that she did not believe she could have played Beth if he had died before this role .

One of my all time favorite films .

Calvin mentions to Beth to say if their son Conrad would like Pinehurst, then Beth starts by changing the subject like she doesn't want to know about Conrad. And their huge row starts on the golf course. That Beth is absolutely nothing but a cold, hostile and a narcissistic person.

Calvin made up his mind when Conrad went to hug his mom.

This was a shit scene… I’ve never been married but seeing when people go through stuff like this, I’m good. Yep, I’m good..

OMG this movie is so amazing

She says "Mothers don't hate their sons!" when most would say "I love my son!" What a cold bitch.

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It’s a horrible but realistic thing that trauma can reveal what a person is really like underneath. It makes someone honest and lose their filters and then you’re left with who they are deep down. Can be a really good person or a really bad person.

I watch this over and over again, Beth/MTM is honest about her feelings even though people may not agree with her. So powerful.

MTM was so good in this

I would love to have seen Mary Tyler Moore play Harriet Craig.

Also, Calvin is SO RIGHT @ circa 1:18 while suddenly having it out with Beth: “Stop being such a NARCISSIST, and start being a little GENEROUS AND THOUGHTFUL once in a while, by thinking of others besides yourself! Like your own (surviving) son, not your “favorite” son, who’s now GONE and in HEAVEN, for Pete’s sake!” (I know that’s not what Calvin says, but he might as well have; as I’ve said before it’s plain to see Calvin knows by now what Conrad means by feeling hated by his own mom, the way she really seems to treat him like the “invisible kid,” never deigning to have anything to do with him, really, unless to speak to him about something important.

I’m sure I said this before, but 1:04 and 1:10 are GREAT moments-Audrey and Ward each like “Are Beth and Calvin ARGUING?!” as they each walk past Beth and Calvin and notice this sudden change for the worse in them.

Ha ha ha ha 😂 😆 😄

When conrad finally gives his mom a hug it's the first time she got a hug from her son since her other son died in a boating typhoon accident and after conrad tries suicide.

Beth Jarrett was something else .Amazing 🎥 Acting

When 2 out of 3 people in a house are seeing a shrink, it's the third person's fault.