6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Normal (2026)
Normal (2026)
Overview
Normal is a 2025 action crime comedy directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay by Derek Kolstad, based on a story co-written with Bob Odenkirk. Bob Odenkirk stars as an interim sheriff in the fictional town of Normal, Minnesota, who uncovers a criminal conspiracy after a botched bank robbery. Co-starring Lena Headey and Henry Winkler.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.9
Overview
Normal is a 2025 action crime comedy directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay by Derek Kolstad, based on a story co-written with Bob Odenkirk. Bob Odenkirk stars as an interim sheriff in the fictional town of Normal, Minnesota, who uncovers a criminal conspiracy after a botched bank robbery. Co-starring Lena Headey and Henry Winkler.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's core conflict revolves around a conspiracy of greed and corruption in a seemingly idyllic small town, where the narrative highlights moral gray areas without endorsing progressive or conservative solutions to issues like economic decline and social exclusion. This refusal to take sides, culminating in chaotic self-destruction and individual escape, establishes a centrist balance in its thematic approach.
The film presents a diverse supporting cast including Black and Asian actors, with a nonbinary character's arc central to the plot, thoughtfully exploring queer experiences in a conservative small town and respectful identity corrections. Traditional authority figures face critique through prejudices against the character, though some Asian roles lean on stereotypes and female portrayals remain clichéd.
Secondary
The nonbinary character Alex receives a sensitive portrayal, with their identity integrated thoughtfully into the plot through respectful dialogue and a protective family dynamic that counters small-town prejudice. This affirming representation highlights queer resilience and worth without exploitation.
Nonbinary identity receives an affirming portrayal through Alex, depicted with natural integration and complexity amid prejudice. Alex's arc from vulnerable exclusion to heroic involvement, supported by the sheriff's compassionate allyship, validates trans lives and challenges small-town cruelty without stereotypes.
The film features peripheral family depictions, including an estranged marriage portrayed as strained and unresolved, and a nonbinary offspring avenging their father's murder, which introduces non-traditional elements without deeper exploration or endorsement of family norms.
Female characters including Moira (Lena Headey) as a bartender and Alex (Jess McLeod) as the sheriff's daughter appear in supporting capacities. The film's action centers on the male protagonist's confrontations, with no instances of women prevailing in hand-to-hand or melee combat against men.
Normal presents original characters in an action-thriller narrative without drawing from established source material, adaptations, or historical figures, so no gender swaps occur.
Normal presents original characters in a new screenplay without prior source material establishing racial baselines, so no instances of race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
7.1
Critic Ratings
7.4
6.2
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