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Movie Reviews of Normal Life
Movie Review: sexiest moustache ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie was the most touching and brilliant portrayal of a thick moustache that i have ever seen. It really touched me on a very deep and emotional level. i cant get the vision of luke perry's moustache out of my head and its something i never want to forget about. That moustache is this sexiest thing i have ever seen and the biggest turn on. Throughout the movie you grow more and more fond of how beautiful that hairy thing above his lip truly is. The moustache takes on a life of its own and really the director could have written a whole movie all about the moustache and nothing more...im really looking foraward to seeing if there will be a sequal focused only on the life of luke perry's brilliant moustache.Movie Review: Phenomenal Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really great movie.....balanced all around
with many interesting aspects, very well emotionally
acted out by both leading actors, and so well constructed
that those watching the movie are pulled into the story,
and taken for a ride lasting almost 2 hours, much
like a rollercoaster. This is a movie very well done,
very challenging to write and film, I would guess -but
completed with incredible skill.
Movie Review: Normal Life - 5 stars
Summary: 5 Stars
Normal Life was very cathartic experience for me...Ashley Judd reached down into my soul and produced a character for me to relate with. It's a raw story with raw emotion...watch it., bring your tissues and a sedative.Movie Review: move over Bonnie and Clyde
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has the force of a borderline personality meeting up with the guy who wants to keep her happy. The personality study is itself the best script.Movie Review: The Abnormal Life
Summary: 4 Stars
Question: What can you do when you fall in love with a manic-depressive?
Answer: Why, rob banks of course!
Normal Life, ostensibly based on a true story, is a film about two social misfits, opposites in a way, who find each other and start living a life that is anything but normal.
Chris Anderson (Luke Perry), a straight laced policeman in a small Illinois town near Chicago, while having a drink with his brother in a a local bar, can't help but notice a lovely creature (Ashley Judd) sitting in a booth with two guys. All of a sudden she blows up arguing yelling at her companions and as they walk out on her, she smashes a beer glass, cutting her hand in the process. Our chivalrous knight, Chris goes to help and Pam is impressed. So starts a torrid courtship which doesn't slow down until marriage and the drudgery of making a living.
There is something wrong with Pam but Chris either doesn't see it or he's not willing to face it. Pam has short attention span and seems to be ambivalent about sex but nevertheless craves excitement for which Chris's answer is to buy her things on credit. Pam seems to be fighting a never ending battle with her inner demons. She drinks to excess and enjoys humiliating Chris. When visiting his family she ignore them and showed up at his father's funeral on roller skates. She fixes dinner for herself and forgets Chris, tears up the apartment, mutilates herself, threatens suicide. She is a disturbed, self destructive, manic-depressive, .
In the meantime Chris is starting to make enemies on the force and eventually is forced out. Pam works in a factory but they were having trouble with two paychecks and they certainly can't make it on one. Pam flips out and leaves reminding Chris that he promised to take care of her. When he finds her, he tells her that she doesn't have to worry because he will handle things.
That's when Chris starts robbing banks. Being an ex-cop helps if you're going to rob banks and Chris is successful for quite a while. Eventually Pam finds out and she is thrilled. She insists on helping him and he reluctantly agrees but the police and FBI are setting a trap.
CONCLUSION
First, I rented the un-rated CD version. I'm not sure what the difference was versus the R version but this version was fairly explicit and showed both Perry and Judd in the nude but Judd much more as she seemed to lounge around the apartment naked when she was depressed, which was a lot.
Since Ashley Judd is probably my favorite actress this was a pleasant bonus, seeing my favorite actress in the buff. But Ashley didn't just show off her physical attributes she really got into the part. This was some of her best acting if not her best. It's a shame that it was wasted on what is essentially a `B' movie.
The movie itself seemed hokey at times and except for the nudity, I would have thought it to be a low budget TV movie. The sets and the cinematography resembled a TV movie and I would say that most of that would probably fall on the director, McNaughton.
Perry's acting was also good but supporting actors seemed a little tentative. I thought the story was good and it was portrayed well, if cheaply. I thought the film was entertaining, though it is not one I'd like to watch more than once. I give Normal Life 31/2 stars rounded up because I like Ashley Judd.
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