Overview
- Normal opens in U.S. theaters Friday, April 17, following early screenings at SXSW and the Phoenix Film Festival.
- Set in the small town of Normal, Minnesota, the story begins with a bank heist that exposes a secret yakuza cash stash and pushes the interim sheriff into a fight for survival.
- Reviewers describe a tight 90-minute action-comedy packed with dark laughs and outrageous set pieces, noting clear staging from director Ben Wheatley.
- The film teams Wheatley with writer Derek Kolstad from a story by Kolstad and Bob Odenkirk, with supporting turns from Lena Headey, Henry Winkler, Ryan Allen, Reena Jolly, Brendan Fletcher and Jess McLeod.
- Early reviews say the movie extends Odenkirk’s post-Nobody action run while nodding to small-town strains like guns and economic decline without heavy-handed politics.