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Thanks to Emmy-worthy performances from a reputable cast, The Normal Heart is not only a powerful, heartbreaking drama, but also a vital document of events leading up to and through the early AIDS crisis.
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There is less reporting on poverty in America than on any other major societal issue. So it is with AIDS. That alone makes The Normal Heart an important film. May 29, 2014 | Full Review…
There is less reporting on poverty in America than on any other major societal issue. So it is with AIDS. That alone makes The Normal Heart an important film.
Eric Sasson
If anger and suffering were all there were to The Normal Heart, watching it would be torture. Luckily, it has heart to match its guts. May 29, 2014 | Full Review…
If anger and suffering were all there were to The Normal Heart, watching it would be torture. Luckily, it has heart to match its guts.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Bomer is heartbreaking as a New York Times style reporter looking for love in a loveless city. His physical transformation is astonishing and agonizing. May 28, 2014 | Full Review…
Matt Bomer is heartbreaking as a New York Times style reporter looking for love in a loveless city. His physical transformation is astonishing and agonizing.
Rick Nelson
Time, and rewrites, have softened some of the play's stridency. More important, the romance between Weeks (Ruffalo) and his lover, Felix (Bomer), is given a more prominent role as is Felix's death spiral, giving the story power both broad and intimate. May 28, 2014 | Full Review…
Time, and rewrites, have softened some of the play's stridency. More important, the romance between Weeks (Ruffalo) and his lover, Felix (Bomer), is given a more prominent role as is Felix's death spiral, giving the story power both broad and intimate.
Mary McNamara
Moving, well acted and important for a generation who may be unfamiliar with the source material. But the TV version, also written by Kramer, doesn't have the emotional heft of the play. May 27, 2014 | Full Review…
Moving, well acted and important for a generation who may be unfamiliar with the source material. But the TV version, also written by Kramer, doesn't have the emotional heft of the play.
Joanne Ostrow
Watch at your own risk, but to not watch the film - or more importantly, learn from it - is an even higher risk. May 26, 2014 | Full Review…
Watch at your own risk, but to not watch the film - or more importantly, learn from it - is an even higher risk.
Melissa Lafsky
While there are kinks in Murphy's adaptation, the raw power of Kramer's story cannot be diluted. It's a powerful memorial to the men that lost their lives and those they loved while fighting bring the AIDS epidemic to light. Jul 2, 2018 | Full Review…
While there are kinks in Murphy's adaptation, the raw power of Kramer's story cannot be diluted. It's a powerful memorial to the men that lost their lives and those they loved while fighting bring the AIDS epidemic to light.
Jessica Johnson
HBO knows how to produce a compelling biographical movie... Sep 13, 2017 | Full Review…
HBO knows how to produce a compelling biographical movie...
Jac Kern
Larry Kramer's blistering cri de coeur about the early days of the AIDS plague gets a solidly respectful but flawed treatment from Ryan Murphy. Sep 3, 2014 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Larry Kramer's blistering cri de coeur about the early days of the AIDS plague gets a solidly respectful but flawed treatment from Ryan Murphy.
Chris Barsanti
proves that, sometimes, art does a better job of understanding history than the actual record Aug 25, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
proves that, sometimes, art does a better job of understanding history than the actual record
Bill Gibron
The collaboration between Murphy and Kramer seemed like a natural from the moment it was announced, and now we have the proof of that sensible decision -- in all its incendiary, heart-wrenching magnificence. Jun 28, 2014 | Full Review…
The collaboration between Murphy and Kramer seemed like a natural from the moment it was announced, and now we have the proof of that sensible decision -- in all its incendiary, heart-wrenching magnificence.
Richard Knight
It's an impressive, relevant, and moving ensemble drama that I can't recommend enough. May 31, 2014 | Full Review…
It's an impressive, relevant, and moving ensemble drama that I can't recommend enough.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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