Normal (2007)
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5
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Critic Reviews: 2
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Movie Info
The massive fences designed to protect the unhappy suburbanites who populate a posh Vancouver neighborhood from the outside world don't prove nearly as effective as the psychological barricades they erect following a tragic accident in director Carl Bessai's simmering small town drama. After popular high-school student Nick is killed in a drunk driving accident, all those touched by the tragedy gradually find their lives beginning to unravel. Nick's grieving mother Catherine (Carrie-Anne Moss)
Sep 28, 2007 Wide
Oct 7, 2008
Bankside Media
Cast
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Carrie-Anne Moss
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Kevin Zegers
Jordie -
Callum Keith Rennie
Walt -
Andrew Airlie
Dale -
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (5)
A predictable ride from the get-go.
Top Critic[The unhappy characters] are not richly developed, but it seems characteristic of this genre to highlight one-dimensional individuals.
...a well-intentioned misfire...
While the acting is often fine, the setting and storylines don't have enough depth to be original. . . . for all its smooth touches and sharp emotions, this Canadian film still [doesn't have] enough big-screen originality.
It's actually kind of depressing to watch good actors wasted in this fashion.
Audience Reviews for Normal
Super Reviewer
More on this later. It's different, it's sad...and it's got a lesson in it...more or less.
What the hell does normal mean anyways? See: Mersault...re: L'Etranger.
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DIRECTED BY: Carl Bessai
SUMMARY: A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
MY THOUGHTS: "The film was well acted by all, I especially liked Tygh Runyan in this film. His fear broke my heart. But what he in the end was very brave. I was annoyed with a couple characters, like the mother who lost the son and the step-mother. I get the mothers loss, but she was so into herself and her own grief that she didn't take any notice of her other son and his grief, she was just selfish. The step-mom is just disgusting, how she manipulated the father and sons relationship just because she was lonely. Found her to be quite pathetic. But in the end its a movie with a story-line that I have seen before. It's sad and really awful how it affects everyone. The tragedy links all these characters and the way they are coming to terms with how it affected them all. But it was good enough for a rent and I love Kevin Zegers. So it was worth the watch.. ; }