The Normal Heart

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Audience Member extremely underrated Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Alec B The shear force of Larry Kramer's fury that lives in every line of the play has always been able to transcend its flaws, so my issues with this adaptation mostly stem from Murphy's direction of the material. It all moves too fast and I think a film version of this play would be better served if it took a little more time with these characters and situations. Still, the power of the play is hard to stifle and the central performance by Ruffalo is very good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Timothy D The Normal Heart poignantly captures the desperation that came with AIDS epidemic and the complex reasons it grew so quickly. Both Bomer and Parsons give gorgeously nuanced performances. While the sad parts of the movie shine with human love and perseverance, the main character's (Ruffalo) anger about the desperate situation comes out as constant grumbling and screaming outbursts. Although appropriate and essential to the story, these tirades are so frequent and intense that they grate nerves. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/23 Full Review Giorgio G I finally had the chance to watch this masterpiece, which so clearly shows the inadequacy of the US government during the early eighties, and the hatred of so many among the population, and apparently especially witin the ranks of the ruling jerks, against gay people, or LGBTIQ+ in general, which shockingly still persists today. As we all know the US government and the whole world should have learned something from the AIDS epidemic, but the swine flu came and reactions were slow, SARS, Ebola, and nobody ever reacted adequately. In 2019 Covid 19 eventually appeared, and there was no mental excuse that it would be killing off some folks who deserve it because of their sexual orientation, and still many governments around the globe reacted way too slow, once again the US government being one of the worst in handling the crisis, not surprisingly, just as in 1981-86, during a time of a racist, misogynistic ultra rightist president in power. Nobody can pretend anymore not to have access to the right information as when we analyze any given post for its veracity, we can find out the truth within in just a second or two it takes to type in the keywords. So if our governments are all dumb and arrogant we have to take our future into our own hands, just as those gay communities in the early eighties did, trying to fight for their rights, and in fact, their lives. This movie is as moving as it is important, and though it is tough to watch, it should be an obligation in every school, and most of all, government offices. 7/10 points Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/23 Full Review Michelle S watch this during the day so you can go outside and get some sun. whew. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Carole G Gut wrenching and brilliant. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/25/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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