Movie No. 96 (2014): THE NORMAL HEART
The Normal Heart (2014)
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina
This TV movie dramatizes gay politics during the early days of AIDS crisis in America or at that period when the so-called gay cancer hadn't had a name yet. While the movie is a work of fiction and the treatment is not without flaw, the performances of the lead and supporting cast are incendiary and the movie's overall point and effect are just as if it's the actual record of this piece of history that once shook the whole world. The movie is centered on the attempts of a gay rights activist, played effectively by Mark Ruffalo, to call the attention of the government on the still unrecognized epidemic, and efforts of the lone medical practitioner supporting the gay movement, played with conviction by Julia Roberts, to study the disease.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina
This TV movie dramatizes gay politics during the early days of AIDS crisis in America or at that period when the so-called gay cancer hadn't had a name yet. While the movie is a work of fiction and the treatment is not without flaw, the performances of the lead and supporting cast are incendiary and the movie's overall point and effect are just as if it's the actual record of this piece of history that once shook the whole world. The movie is centered on the attempts of a gay rights activist, played effectively by Mark Ruffalo, to call the attention of the government on the still unrecognized epidemic, and efforts of the lone medical practitioner supporting the gay movement, played with conviction by Julia Roberts, to study the disease.
The movie is an adaptation of the Tony Award - winning play which has been recently revived on Broadway.
Rating: 4.0/4.0
Date seen: December 24, 2014
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