Robert “Call me Bob” Redford’s first bash at directing got him an Oscar for Best Director. Timothy Hutton also got a best-supporting Oscar. IMDB says .. “The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son”. When it came out it in 1981, it blew me away. Sadly, the second viewing in 2008 did not blow me away. However, I thought Mary Tyler Moore was magnificent as the cold mother who loved her eldest son (killed in a boating accident) but was cold to her surviving, remaining younger son (Hutton). I wanted to shout at her “Stop being so self absorbed you bitch and give some motherly love to your poor son. Everyone is hurting but YOU are supposed to be the parent”, and I wanted to ring her irritating husband’s  (Donald Sutherland) neck for being so bloody understanding. Perhaps it was the first of its type in the ’80s and was therefore (at the time) very moving and thought provoking. Second time round it seemed somewhat slow and pondorous. I remember having a good weep the first time but the second time, I only had slight “Moisteye” (A small village in  Wales where everyone cries a lot) . Does It deserve a third look to see if I was right the first or second time ? I think it does but … No rush.