Mad to Be Normal
2017, Drama/History, 1h 46m
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R.D. Laing
Angie Wood
Sydney Kotok
Jim
Dr. Meredith
Bryan
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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (9)
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There's plenty of jazzy paisley shirts, flamboyant velvet suits and on-the-nose music cues to denote its psychedelic 1960s setting, but these elements do little to soften Laing's eye-raisingly invasive and possibly inappropriate approach to his patients.
April 9, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
It's elevated above bog-standard biopic fare by the performances.
April 7, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
David Tennant is on pugnacious, mercurial and beady-eyed form in this very interesting and absorbing film.
April 7, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Mad to Be Normal boils a fascinating subject down into a slightly clunky, simplistic bio-drama.
April 3, 2017 | Full Review… -
Tennant's performance is strong, and he gives energy to a script that jolts in different directions looking for focus.
April 3, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
There's an almost complete absence of narrative progression, or anything that helps you to understand why this needed to be a feature film and not, say, a radio play or a magazine longread.
April 2, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
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