Normal
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 16, 2026
Normal — which heralds, according to the press notes, the birth of yet another franchise — navigates its cartoonish excesses with expected competence. As for Odenkirk, he’s golden; as mythology nerds will recall, Ulysses was also known as the Master of Cunning. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 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
60
Next Best PictureAlex PapaioannouSep 19, 2025
As Normal barrels toward its conclusion, it’s easy to look past the way it glosses over in-depth characterization. Read full review
50
The RevealKeith PhippsApr 17, 2026
Without spoiling Normal’s central twist, suffice it to say that it leads to a lot of gunplay that allows Wheatley to off one character after another in violent, sometimes explosive fashion. It’s more wearying than shocking, but not fatally so thanks to a brisk pace, a willingness to shift gears with little warning, and, again, Odenkirk’s humane performance. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 17, 2026
I was never bored by Normal, but I’d also be lying if I said I was ever excited by it. Maybe it’ll help you forget your troubles for an hour or two, but there’s also a good chance you’ll forget the movie itself in even less time. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshApr 17, 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the violence rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation and community care in his day-to-day work. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerMar 18, 2026
If you’re not immediately tickled by Normal‘s premise, which cements into the traditions of narrative conflict—man versus nature, man versus man, man versus self—the very literal concept of “man versus entire town,” this is the least of the Odenkickass movies. And if that idea makes you smile, Normal might be even more disappointing for how mechanically it goes through motions that used to be novel. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonSep 11, 2025
Wheatley’s hyperbolic set pieces feel perfunctory rather than euphoric or hilariously bombastic. Read full review
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