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It's elevated above bog-standard biopic fare by the performances. April 7, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's elevated above bog-standard biopic fare by the performances.
Ed Potton
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…
David Tennant is on pugnacious, mercurial and beady-eyed form in this very interesting and absorbing film.
Peter Bradshaw
Mad to Be Normal boils a fascinating subject down into a slightly clunky, simplistic bio-drama. April 3, 2017 | Full Review…
Mad to Be Normal boils a fascinating subject down into a slightly clunky, simplistic bio-drama.
Stephen Dalton
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…
Tennant's performance is strong, and he gives energy to a script that jolts in different directions looking for focus.
Dave Calhoun
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…
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.
David Jenkins
David Tennant's masterful portrayal of a man driven to do good, but with astonishingly little self-awareness of the chaos he leaves in his wake, is a delight to watch -- though we don't get enough context. November 30, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
David Tennant's masterful portrayal of a man driven to do good, but with astonishingly little self-awareness of the chaos he leaves in his wake, is a delight to watch -- though we don't get enough context.
Sarah Cartland
Mad to Be Normal is an enthralling drama about a man who was both misunderstood and misguided. October 30, 2018 | Full Review…
Mad to Be Normal is an enthralling drama about a man who was both misunderstood and misguided.
Rob Aldam
More illuminating as a character study, with the ever-charismatic Tennant showing how Laing was able to dominate those around him so easily. August 23, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
More illuminating as a character study, with the ever-charismatic Tennant showing how Laing was able to dominate those around him so easily.
Alison Rowat
Mad to Be Normal takes the life story of someone who defied norms in every aspect of his life and then squeezes said story into a traditional biopic. What should have been a film vibrating with Laing's unique energy ends up being unengaging. August 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Mad to Be Normal takes the life story of someone who defied norms in every aspect of his life and then squeezes said story into a traditional biopic. What should have been a film vibrating with Laing's unique energy ends up being unengaging.
Lee Jutton
Mad To Be Normal lingers well after the credits have finished rolling. August 20, 2018 | Full Review…
Mad To Be Normal lingers well after the credits have finished rolling.
Rosalynn Try-Hane
A thought provoking biopicture focusing on the countercultural life and work of the controversial Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing. May 4, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A thought provoking biopicture focusing on the countercultural life and work of the controversial Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
It's fascinating and particularly well cast but, despite Tennant's watchable efforts, the decision to concentrate on the Kingsley Hall years rather than more of Laing's life proves a frustrating one. October 12, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's fascinating and particularly well cast but, despite Tennant's watchable efforts, the decision to concentrate on the Kingsley Hall years rather than more of Laing's life proves a frustrating one.
Matthew Bond
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