J. Andrew Keitch, Joan Lauckner, John Brennan, Kehry Anson Lane, Peg Sheldrick ...( see more  see more... ) , Tim Hammer

A charming comedy about the trials of being different in high school, ALMOST NORMAL is a cross between PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED and SIXTEEN CANDLES. History professor Brad Jenkins (J. Andrew Keitch) is n...( read more  read more... )ot happy about his upcoming 40th birthday or about his parents' anniversary celebration, which only promises another fight about Brad's homosexuality. He is even less excited to find himself still single. After an altercation with his mother Brad finds himself speeding down the road with a few too many under his belt. A collision transports him mysteriously back in time, putting him back in high school. But all is not as it was, as everyone at Lincoln High is gay, and Brad is given the opportunity to live out his biggest fantasy. Soon, however, the shocked youth discovers that "normal" isn't really all it's cracked up to be.

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Unrated, 90 min

Directed by: Marc Moody

Release Date: January 1, 2005

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DVD Release Date: November 15, 2005

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  • October 24, 2008
    It's not as shit as I thought it would be. It's still kinda shit, endorsing this polarized/binary view of sexuality which simply reverses sexual attraction but delves not in gender role exploration (which denies about 80% of all queer theory). For a mainstream comedy, okay but th...( read more)at's like saying you saw a live-action kids' movie that did not cause you to involuntarily vomit.
  • June 1, 2007
    Concept is better than the movie. Probably better geared to open-minded straight folks.
  • March 28, 2009
    gay version of "Peggy Sue Got Married"
  • August 4, 2008
    Its the gay version of the twilight zone! Loved the cast!
  • June 14, 2008
    Good movie. He thought he was freak for being gay in real life. But in the fake world of gay people, he was straight so he was a freak there. Really nice movie. The acting was a bit fake in the beginning but it got better later on.
  • June 13, 2008
    Just a great surprising turn around!! awesome!!!!!
  • May 4, 2008
    A idéia do filme é interessante: como o mundo seria se o normal fosse ser gay e os excluídos fossem os heteros, no final da década de 70. É como aquele filme do Travolta onde os negros ocupam os lugares de maior destaque na sociedade enquanto os brancos são maioria nos subúrbios....( read more)

    "Almost Normal" funciona em mostrar cenas ridículas de um casal hetero se defendendo durante um baile de colégio apenas porque resolveram dançar juntos. A cena, volto a dizer, é ridícula, mas prefiro acreditar que a intenção foi realmente essa, para mostrar o absurdo que é tratar duas pessoas - independente da orientação sexual, afinal, todos são gente como a gente - que trocam afeto como se fosse o grande mal do século.

    O filme peca pelo excesso de piadas sem graça e pelos momentos "De Volta Para o Furuto".
  • March 7, 2008
    This is probably the shittiest movie that has ever almost made me happy-cry at the end.
  • November 29, 2007
    Really charming comedy. Funny stuff.
  • July 22, 2007
    Very crazy, but good movie.

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