Finding Normal (2013)

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The second song played during the Foundation Day Dance is NOT 'Stay" by Jake Smith as credited. It is "Something Like You" by Jason Martin & the Corner Pocket. It is available as a digital download on Amazon & it is included on the CD The Blackout Sessions also at Amazon. You will be disappointed if you buy "Stay." What an injustice to Jason Martin & Corner Pocket. Time to get the lawyers involved. Jason Martin & the Corner Pocket are doing OK though. Two CDS on Amazon so far.I pay attention to the songs I hear in movies & watch the credits if I hear a song I like but can't identify the title or artist. This is a glaring mistake & should be corrected by those responsible. I pity the people who have purchased the Jake Smith CD!!

Well-written and directed. Clean and fun. On the other hand, if you are a Kim Kardoooshian fan or think 2 1/2 Men is "groovy," this won't be for you. On the other hand, if you want clever, wholesome, well-written and filmed story, you will enjoy it.Acting was enjoyable, cinematography well done. As with all movies, there is a bit of poetic license... although I do, in fact have a friend that married someone after knowing her one day. And that was 30 years ago, and they are happily married today. Sit back and enjoy. No gratuitous violence, no "let's try to be cool" sex scenes, etc.

There are so many errors in this film, it is nearly ludicrous.A successful woman surgeon, leaving Los Angeles to drive to New York for a job in the Hamptons where she will making obscene amounts of money is caught speeding and, unable to pay the fine, she sentenced to three days' community service in a small rural NC town. She is taken under the wing of the judge, a black man who guides her through several poignant experiences and community gatherings wherein she finds God and changes the direction of her life.The whole premise of the movie is preposterous, but the part I resent is the portrayal of a non-existent idyllic lifestyle in small rural NC town without the recognition of the rampant poverty that exists in such towns.The notion that a small, apparently all white rural NC town would hero worship a black man, making him their spiritual, civic, and legal leader is preposterous. Furthermore, it is most unlikely that in NC, a black man would have been allowed to adopt white children in the 80's, or even now for that matter.That a Yankee would find such an immediate welcome in a small NC town is questionable.The idea that providing leftovers from a pancake breakfast to those in need is a laudable act worth mentioning in an area where one in four children is undernourished in abominable.I could rant on, but I won't.

Got through 40 minutes of this dreadful thing and turned it off.I go to Venice Beach monthly, where creativity is the pulse of life, to visit family and wonder why people make movies and art that they know will never be blockbusters. They do so because they are artists. Well the people that made this were pandering to the Midwest Christian crowd for the bucks. If they think they were doing something creative, then they need to see someone who can prescribe meds.Trick question if you watch this to the end. What cliché was not used in this movie? Answer: none. Hell, they even have a black guy more white than me!