Through the plight of an ordinary middle-class American family, "Ordinary People" draws on the theme of the declining concept of family in American society, revealing layers of contradictions under the calm appearance of American middle-class families. The film breaks the traditional role positioning in the family and replaces the strict father and mother in the works of art with the loving father and mother. This dislocation of family roles provides the audience with a new perspective of reflecting on family issues and reminds the audience , To maintain a family requires mutual love and dedication. As a family ethics film, the film expresses the indifference and contradictions between family members in daily, family, and accustomed lives. Although the structure is small, it is extremely emotional. In terms of plot construction, the film transforms the external dramatic conflicts into a series of psychological internal conflicts. The dramatic conflicts are contained in the display of insignificant life details, scenes, and actions. Everything appears vivid, detailed and full of life, and it is closer. In the real world itself. However, these trivial details of life contain "human nature" that can make the audience empathize. The mother’s final departure in the film also enhances the film’s tragic color, and also deepens the film’s subject of reflection.
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Ordinary People evaluation action
2021-12-21 08:01
Extended Reading
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Reggie 2022-03-24 09:02:13
Just simply talking about the psychological trauma left by the family facing the dead brother, the pattern of the plot, this contradiction will inevitably follow the other, the scene of the death must be flashbacks, there must be friends, psychiatrists, girls, etc., and finally Reconciliation, zooming out, boring.
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Verna 2022-03-24 09:02:13
Somehow, it feels like the mother character needs a sequel, something like "Rabbit Hole", "A Year of Widowhood"... At the beginning, I thought Dad loved his son, but I also felt puzzled, just like the son said , "You can't see it". Mother, go to the sequel to heal yourself, the father and son in this ending should be able to find a way to take care of themselves... The title is really good. The movie also feels very real, very close to some of the things I've been through.
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Jeannine: Can you ever break the ball?
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You can't break the ball. Can't break the floor. Can't break anything in a bowling alley. And that's what I like about bowling alleys. Can't even break the record.
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Beth Jarrett: Calvin? Why are you crying? Can I, uh... can I get you something?
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: I don't...
Beth Jarrett: What did you say? Calvin, what did you say? Tell me!
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: You are beautiful. And you are unpredictable. But you're so cautious. You're determined, Beth; but you know something? You're not strong. And I don't know if you're really giving. Tell me something. Do you love me? You really love me?
Beth Jarrett: I feel the way I've always felt about you.
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: We would have been alright, if there hadn't been any mess. But you can't handle mess. You need everything neat and easy. I don't know. Maybe you can't love anybody. It was so much Buck. When Buck died, it was as if you buried all your love with him, and I don't understand that, I just don't know, I don't... maybe it wasn't even Buck; maybe it was just you. Maybe, finally, it was the best of you that you buried. But, whatever it was... I don't know who you are. And I don't know what we've been playing at. So I was crying. Because I don't know if I love you anymore. And I don't know what I'm going to do without that.