- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: May 25, 2014
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 126 Ratings
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Positive: 102 out of 126
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Mixed: 10 out of 126
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Negative: 14 out of 126
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The Normal HeartYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 126 Ratings
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May 26, 2014i lived through this era. it is important to remind people today how awful it was. that said, this adaptation disappointed. except for jim parson's performance, which was graceful, touching, and true, the acting was lousy. julia roberts' de-glamorizing was distracting. and she was so wrong for the role. there was a great movie here. wish it had been.
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Overscored and overwrought, The Normal Heart is a tough pill to swallow. The direction of Ryan Murphy (Glee) is piercingly staccato (and visually inconsistent). The tender moments don't resonate, and the fraught moments feel hysterical.
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Like Behind the Candelabra, its action isn’t measured in car chases and explosions. It’s charted in the lives it touches.
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The film has poetry and vitality, too, and its greatest virtue is that it seems not to give a damn if you approve of any of its creative choices as long as you connect with it emotionally and intellectually.