Almost Normal

Almost Normal
Almost Normal
	DVD cover
Directed by	Marc Moody
Written by	Marc Moody
Produced by	Sharon Teo
Starring	J. Andrew Keitch; Tim Hammer; Joan Lauckner
Cinematography	Richie Sherman
Edited by	Marc Moody; Sharon Teo
Music by	Jonathan Joyner
Distributed by	Seventh Art Releasing
Release date	May 26, 2005;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Almost Normal is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed by Marc Moody and starring J. Andrew Keitch, Tim Hammer, and Joan Lauckner.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot synopsis[edit]

Brad Jenkins, a 40-year-old gay college professor, is still uncomfortable in his own skin. After a disagreement with his mother, he storms out of his home, claiming that he is "going somewhere where [he] is more normal." A sudden car accident propels him back to his youth and into a world in which gay is "normal" and being straight is not accepted. Brad has to weigh whether to remain in the past and be "normal" or attempt to return to his old life. A local jock, who had ignored him before, now dates him. However, he grows attracted to a girl – his best friend/sister-in-law in the heteronormative world. The couple attempts to deal with the pressures of being straight in a gay world. Eventually, everyone dances with people of the opposite sex at the school ball, even though they are in the homonormative world, showing Brad's "acceptance" of his straightness in the past and his gay self in real life. He then returns to his life as a professor and re-unites with the jock, who turns out to be the gay father of a student of Brad's.

Cast[edit]

J. Andrew Keitch as Brad Jenkins
Joan Lauckner as Julie Erwin
Tim Hammer as Roland Davis
Nils Haaland as Terry
Kehry Anson Lane as Bill Dempson
Joel Egger as Dwayne Twillis
Virginia Smith as Doris Jenkins
Brad Buffum as Bob Jenkins
Mary Douglass as Louise Baker
Steve Balsarini as Halbert Baker
John Brennan as Mr. Thompson
Adam Jefferis as Steven Davis
Katherine Nora Leroy as Yolanda
Stan Brown as Mr. Fock
Eric Smith as Keith Stevens
Paige Edwards as Little Girl

Reception[edit]

Awards[edit]

Almost Normal won the Best of the Fest award at the 2005 Breckenridge Festival of Film.

References[edit]

^ 'Almost Normal' drives home refreshing message Joel Gehringer, Lincoln Journal Star, September 22, 2005
^ 'Almost Normal' a fit for everyone^{[permanent dead link]} Michelle Takiguchi, Ka Leo/The Voice April 2005.
^ Communication alumnus writes, directs 'Almost Normal'; available 11/15 Arian Smedley, Scripps College of Communication, November 3, 2005.

External links[edit]

Official website
Almost Normal at AllMovie
Almost Normal at IMDb
Review summary from the New York Times website
Almost Normal, OutFilms.com, archived from the original on 2008-10-23, retrieved 2007-10-28
Guerra, Joey (November 15, 2005), "Review of Almost Normal", AfterElton.com, retrieved 2007-10-28

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[1] 'Almost Normal' drives home refreshing message Joel Gehringer, Lincoln Journal Star, September 22, 2005

[2] 'Almost Normal' a fit for everyone^{[permanent dead link]} Michelle Takiguchi, Ka Leo/The Voice April 2005.

[3] Communication alumnus writes, directs 'Almost Normal'; available 11/15 Arian Smedley, Scripps College of Communication, November 3, 2005.

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