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From Chris: Best Picture winner which also netted Redford Best Director. Introspective, adult cinema which is well-acted but of limited appeal, frankly. A well-off family falls apart when their teen son attempts suicide after surviving a boating accident which killed his popular older brother. The surviving son has a fractured relationship with his mother.
Fine movie but this isn't even Redford's best filmmaking. Paramount had a lot of clout back in this era. This movie took home a lot of awards I think because of the people involved, beloved figures inside Hollywood like Redford, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch. Mary Tyler Moore got a Best Actress nomination but it's not a particularly special performance. She was just so popular after almost two decades of television success that a nom was probably inevitable. Heavyweight performances from Donald Sutherland and Judd Hirsch, though.