Normal

Name: Normal
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 17, 2026
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 62

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2026 | R

Summary: For Sheriff Ulysses (Bob Odenkirk), his provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern American town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty. But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality’s tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, andFor Sheriff Ulysses (Bob Odenkirk), his provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern American town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty. But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality’s tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, and Ulysses soon discovers that the town is anything but its namesake.… Expand

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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The Playlist Ankit Jhunjhunwala

Sep 9, 2025

If you can imagine a firearm kill, an explosion, or a knife-fight, chances are that Wheathely has packed into Normal— so bountiful are the action confrontations with various configurations of characters. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Sep 9, 2025

Because it’s Wheatley directing, the already funny script gets an extra dose of dark humor from its over-the-top kills. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Apr 17, 2026

The violence is pretty graphic, and some of it is played for laughs, which would be distasteful if the laughs didn’t actually land. Oh well. Sometimes you enjoy a movie, and you don’t feel good about it in the morning. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Sep 19, 2025

Handling it all with a detached, shrugging sense of doom, Odenkirk proves the right man for the job at hand in both of the film’s two tonally separate halves, and he’s supported by a colorful cast. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Apr 16, 2026

Normal, as you’ve no doubt gathered by now, is pretty abnormal, and the extended reveal of the abnormality wastes much of what was good about the first half of the movie. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Apr 13, 2026

When it comes to dumb fun, generally speaking you want a pretty good balance between the two elements. “Normal” ignores this notion, gleefully so. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Sep 11, 2025

Wheatley’s hyperbolic set pieces feel perfunctory rather than euphoric or hilariously bombastic. Read full review

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