Almost Normal

Almost Normal
DVD cover
Directed byMarc Moody
Written byMarc Moody
Produced bySharon Teo
StarringJ. Andrew Keitch
Tim Hammer
Joan Lauckner
CinematographyRichie Sherman
Edited byMarc Moody
Sharon Teo
Music byJonathan Joyner
Distributed bySeventh Art Releasing
Release date
  • May 26, 2005 (2005-05-26)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Almost Normal is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed by Marc Moody and starring J. Andrew Keitch, Tim Hammer, and Joan Lauckner.[1][2][3]

Plot synopsis

Brad Jenkins, a 40-year-old gay college professor, is still uncomfortable in his own skin. After a disagreement with his mother, he storms out of his home, claiming that he is "going somewhere where [he] is more normal." A sudden car accident propels him back to his youth and into a world in which gay is "normal" and being straight is not accepted. Brad has to weigh whether to remain in the past and be "normal" or attempt to return to his old life. A local jock, who had ignored him before, now dates him. However, he grows attracted to a girl – his best friend/sister-in-law in the heteronormative world. The couple attempts to deal with the pressures of being straight in a gay world. Eventually, everyone dances with people of the opposite sex at the school ball, even though they are in the homonormative world, showing Brad's "acceptance" of his straightness in the past and his gay self in real life. He then returns to his life as a professor and re-unites with the jock, who turns out to be the gay father of a student of Brad's.

Cast

Reception

Awards

Almost Normal won the Best of the Fest award at the 2005 Breckenridge Festival of Film.

See also

References

  1. ^ 'Almost Normal' drives home refreshing message Joel Gehringer, Lincoln Journal Star, September 22, 2005
  2. ^ 'Almost Normal' a fit for everyone Michelle Takiguchi, Ka Leo/The Voice April 2005.
  3. ^ Communication alumnus writes, directs 'Almost Normal'; available 11/15 Arian Smedley, Scripps College of Communication, November 3, 2005.
  • Official website
  • Almost Normal at IMDb
  • Review summary from the New York Times website
  • Almost Normal, OutFilms.com, archived from the original on October 23, 2008, retrieved October 28, 2007
  • Guerra, Joey (November 15, 2005), "Review of Almost Normal", AfterElton.com, retrieved October 28, 2007
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