Normal
- TV Movie
- 2003
- 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
A Midwestern husband and father announces her plan to have a sex change operation.A Midwestern husband and father announces her plan to have a sex change operation.A Midwestern husband and father announces her plan to have a sex change operation.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 wins & 21 nominations total
Joseph Sikora
- Wayne Applewood
- (as Joe Sikora)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTom Wilkinson chose not to do any research into the subject of transgenderism, as he felt that a mid-Western farmer wouldn't know anything about the subject either.
- Crazy credits"Looking for Normal" originally produced by Geffen Playhouse, Gilbert Cates, Randall Arney, Stephen Eich, Los Angeles, CA 2001
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003)
- SoundtracksLong Ago and Far Away
Written by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin
Performed by Jo Stafford
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music
Featured review
A very touching and inspiring film
Normal is drama love story that deals with a solid foundation of a married couple which became complicated after the husband (Tom Wilkinson) confess that he believes that he was a woman that is just trapped in a man's body. I personally think that this film is very realistic, it showed how this gender identity problem can occurred even to normal people, couple and families. As for this film, Roy and Irma portrayed a very loving and religious couple, who would have thought that this kind of problem can possible happen even to almost perfect couple after more than two decades of being together. In this film, the gender identity problem was the main conflict but as you get to watch the film up to the latter part, you will realize that it's not only about the gender problem, it's more on acceptance and love for each other. It showed that no matter the circumstances, Irma accepted Roy for who he is and who he wanted to be, she loved him and supported him all the way until Roy eventually felt the self- satisfaction he always wanted. Overall this film was an awesome piece, a very touching and inspiring story for all the couple out there who are going through this tough situation in life.
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- myflyingjellybean
- Feb 15, 2012
Details
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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