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
In the countryside of the United States of America, Irma Applewood (Jessica Lange) and her husband Roy Applewood (Tom Wilkinson) have been happily married for twenty-five years and they are model citizens in their community.
Roy brings Irma to meet Reverend Dale Muncie (Randall Arney), who is their pastor and friend, to tell that he is a woman trapped in a man's body and he will be submitted to a sex-change operation.
Now Roy has to face the deception of his wife and the intolerance of his colleagues, members of his church and his son Wayne (Joe Sikora). But Irma loves him and after the impact of the news, she understands and supports him with their teenage daughter Patty Ann (Hayden Panettiere) and Roy's boss Frank (Clancy Brown) that is their friend.
"Normal" is a great HBO movie with an ironic title about the life of a middle-aged couple married with children in a small town that is affected by the decision of the husband of changing his sex. The screenplay, direction and performances are top-notch, with Jessica Lange still very beautiful for a fifty-four year-old woman and awesome and courageous performance of Tom Wilkinson. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): Not Available
Roy brings Irma to meet Reverend Dale Muncie (Randall Arney), who is their pastor and friend, to tell that he is a woman trapped in a man's body and he will be submitted to a sex-change operation.
Now Roy has to face the deception of his wife and the intolerance of his colleagues, members of his church and his son Wayne (Joe Sikora). But Irma loves him and after the impact of the news, she understands and supports him with their teenage daughter Patty Ann (Hayden Panettiere) and Roy's boss Frank (Clancy Brown) that is their friend.
"Normal" is a great HBO movie with an ironic title about the life of a middle-aged couple married with children in a small town that is affected by the decision of the husband of changing his sex. The screenplay, direction and performances are top-notch, with Jessica Lange still very beautiful for a fifty-four year-old woman and awesome and courageous performance of Tom Wilkinson. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): Not Available
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- Sep 28, 2012
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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