Do you want to see ‘Normal Life’?

Add to Netflix

Normal Life (1996)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 3

No consensus yet.

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 0

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 890

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

A seemingly ordinary couple jump the tracks into disaster in this drama based on a true story. Chris Anderson (Luke Perry) is a straight-arrow cop who meets Pam (Ashley Judd) after she's hurt in a barroom fight. He asks her to dance after helping to stop her bleeding, and it's love at first sight. While Chris plays by the rules, Pam likes to drink, smoke dope, spend money, and cause trouble, and while he wants to make her happy, her emotional instability makes this no easy task. After Chris is

R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: John McNaughton

In Theaters: Aug 30, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Feb 15, 2005

New Line Home Entertainment

Normal Life Trailer & Photos

Cast

Ashley Judd
Pam Anderson
Luke Perry
Chris Anderson
Bruce Young
Agent Parker
Jim True
Mike Anderson
Dawn Maxey
Eva
Penelope Milford
Adele Anderson
Diane Dorsey
Head Teller
Tony Fitzpatrick
New House Neighbor
Bryan McCann
Justice of the Peace
Tony Mockus Jr.
F.B.I. Agent
Tom Towles
Frank Anderson
Kevin Hurley
Norman
Michael Skewes
Swift
Eric Young
Chris Lawyer

Critic Reviews for Normal Life

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3) | DVD (1)

The most confrontational and most inclusive work of McNaughton's career

April 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

| Comment

Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Perry gives a confronting, eerie performance

March 23, 2005 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

recommended only for fans of Judd -- and I think you know exactly what I'm talking about.

February 16, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

| Comment

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for Normal Life

View All

Who, besides Sharon Stone, plays an emotionally disturbed woman better than Ashley Judd? No one, and this movie proves that. A strong 2/3 makes up for a muddled last act.

April 2, 2011

Jeffrey Meyers

Super Reviewer

Great film based on a true story...if you are from the burbs in Chicago area....the film was shot in Schaumburg/Hangover Park area....it's so weird to see fields filmed on Rt 20/Barrington Rd/Handy Andy old parking lot on Wise and 19....it is strip mall, and shopping centers now! ha!

March 24, 2008