Genre: Drama
IMDB rating: 8.1
The Normal Heart is a TV movie that is packed with brilliant performances and a moving story but unfortunatelly an ordinarily written script (for a film adaptation) that will not satiate you. The film is about the outbreak of AIDS in gay men during the early 80s in New York and how the society at large responded to this emergency.
IMDB rating: 8.1
The Normal Heart is a TV movie that is packed with brilliant performances and a moving story but unfortunatelly an ordinarily written script (for a film adaptation) that will not satiate you. The film is about the outbreak of AIDS in gay men during the early 80s in New York and how the society at large responded to this emergency.
Mark Ruffalo, who plays our protagonist Ned Weeks, is constantly found screaming the following words in the movie: “Why isn't anybody doing anything”. Well, in my opinion, he pretty much summarizes the movie on your behalf as well.
The problem is the lack of communication or rather the miscommunication between you and the film. In your head you may feel that the movie has progressed just a month or two but then suddenly you would realize that the movie has moved a couple of years ahead.
The director fails to recognize that all great movies always have one thing in common, they translate events or actions into a script in a way that the film flows along and the timeline of events in viewer’s mind is in coherence with the narrative. However, The Normal Heart is deprived of this most important ingredient of film making and that does not help its cause.
The director fails to recognize that all great movies always have one thing in common, they translate events or actions into a script in a way that the film flows along and the timeline of events in viewer’s mind is in coherence with the narrative. However, The Normal Heart is deprived of this most important ingredient of film making and that does not help its cause.
The other thing irritating about the movie is that you will completely forget that you are watching a film set in the 80s in pretty much 80 seconds into the film. There is total disregard on the part of the director to recognize the innumerable differences between the 1980s and 2014 .
Well enough with the bashing, this isn't actually a bad film rather it is good. The point is, it could have been great.
The stellar performances by the cast are like the shining stars, which light up the otherwise dark and dull sky. Julia Roberts and Matt Bomer strengthen the movie with their strong performances, though, Ruffalo is the star that shines the brightest till the very end.
The stellar performances by the cast are like the shining stars, which light up the otherwise dark and dull sky. Julia Roberts and Matt Bomer strengthen the movie with their strong performances, though, Ruffalo is the star that shines the brightest till the very end.
