Movies
January, 1981
Count your fingers, using both hands, to tote up the likely Oscar nominations for Ordinary People (Paramount). Robert Redford, superstar, can take a very deep bow for his debut as a major movie director. There's no hint of amateurism in the way Redford has handled the film version of Judith Guest's best-selling novel. It's solid, deeply sensitive work from a sober screen adaptation by Alvin Sargent, with blue-ribbon performances throughout. I don't know where to begin praising the actors, so I'l...
