Movie #1007 Normal Heart was a heartbreakingly difficult movie to watch, based on the Broadway play originally directed by Joe Mantello --- he is in here playing a smaller, but intrinsic role, along with Jim Parsons, who plays the same character as he did on Broadway. Mark Ruffalo is the lead here, and he and Matt Bomer (from White Collar) act their "asses" off in this show. There are lots of sex scenes that are presented very smoothly tied in to the film --- not gratuitous at all, very loving and beautifully filmed. The suffering is the difficult part to watch, of course, and as the toll of deaths rises with each entrant on Parson's rolodex file in his desk drawer, the story gets sadder and sadder and more intense. Wow! The history of it is so emotional, one can't help but feel anger that our government (Reagan) didn't do anything sooner than he did about this crisis. I'm still thinking about this movie, and I think this film will stay in my memory forever. Very outstanding and I recommend it, but warning that it isn't for the feint of heart.
The Normal Heart2014TV-MA132 minutes I would give this 5 stars out of 5.
This adaptation of Larry Kramer's riveting stage drama is a love story set against the dark background of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, centering on a gay activist who tries to raise public awareness but encounters myriad obstacles.
- Cast:
- Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Julia Roberts, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Stephen Spinella, Corey Stoll, Finn Wittrock, B.D. Wong
- Genre:
- Drama
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