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Normal

ActionCrimeThriller

Directed by Ben Wheatley

An unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past responds to a bank robbery in a small, sleepy town and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive. From TMDB

144 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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Normal is a 2026 action crime thriller film, directed by Ben Wheatley, starring Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler and Lena Headey.

  • 140 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
  • posts span Nov 24, 2024 to Nov 5, 2026

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Critics, per Wikipedia

In the United States and Canada, Normal was released alongside Lee Cronin's The Mummy, and was projected to gross around $3 million from 2,027 theaters in its opening weekend. It opened to $2.65 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 164 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Normal thrives on Bob Odenkirk's gruff yet playful presence and director Ben Wheatley's over-the-top carnage, delivering simple, ridiculous, and consistently entertaining thrills despite its familiar premise." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating…

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Timothée Chalamet was considered to play Lucius in ‘GLADIATOR 2’ before Ridley Scott watched ‘Normal People’ (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

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  • dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2025

    women everywhere are going ape upon learning that oscar isaac is going to be in a sexy frankenstein movie. guillermo del toro must apologize for this crime against us Normal Men

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  • Mr Targeted Harassment @jarjarfan69.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2025

    (Extremely Normal Guy voice) Hi, uh, I don't have any kids, but can I get inside your daycare and film the children for totally normal reasons? Just want to reiterate that I'm a normal guy who just wants to film other people's kids without their consent.

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  • The Nitrate Diva @nitratediva.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    Normal people: This plot doesn't make sense. Film noir weirdos:

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    Posters have been spotted across New York, Chicago, LA, and Minneapolis showing Bob Odenkirk running for sheriff for his upcoming film ‘Normal’ 👮‍♂️ In theaters April 17 🍿 🤝 Magnolia Pictures

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    Okay, one more MCU take and I’ll move on. Superfans of a massively popular series now in slight decline are like “You Film Twitter snobs are attacking MCU because normal people like it!” “Normal” Okay, sure. Normal people regularly fight for the honor of IP. Uh huh.

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  • mtsw @mtsw.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2025

    Normal guy: what a huge protest, amazing Me: thats the ship they used to film Master and Commander (behind the bigger ship with the white sails) bsky.app/profile/iwil...

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  • Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2025

    The Normal Lester Burnham Movie is what I call it

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  • Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2025

    The 2000 Movie Draft on The Big Picture. Normal episode. open.spotify.com/episode/5DFr...

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  • tobias 🍃🎐🌱 @godbirdart.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    anyway, i loved the film and despite the kids yappin, had a great time ☆ it was refreshing watching a film with Normal Pacing again

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  • 🎃 Ryan S. Pumpkins 🎃 (Any Questions?) @ryanwritesgood.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film. Normal Activity

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  • Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    WINNERS: May 2026 DOCUMENTARY Festival documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/2026/05/31/w... Best Feature Film: THE PROPHET Short Film: STORIES FROM THE STREET Story: BACK TO NORMAL: A CANCER SURVIVOR Historical DOC: HISTORY OF THE GRAND STRAND Direction: Má Má & me Best Human Interest: A BRIDGE ACROSS

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  • Ophelia @ophelia168.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2026

    they made a Backrooms movie for girls who have Normal Feelings about big pooltoys and inflatables and the sickly synthetic smell of PVC and

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    #NowWatching Normal (2025) Dir: Ben Wheatley Centers on a temporary small-town sheriff who uncovers dark mysteries after a local bank robbery.

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  • Mike Sterling, A Halloween Comic Shipping First Week of November @mikester.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film The Totally Normal Creatures Who Kept Living and Became Completely Rational Taxpayers

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Now watching Normal (2026)! 📽

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... NORMAL 🍿🎥🖤

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  • Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.comBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    AI OVERLORDS: You can make a video game with yourself as the main character! A movie! An entire imaginary world starring yourself! NORMAL PERSON: I'm making a flyer for the upcoming Kiwanis Turkey Trot

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  • Werehud Cursedweil @ehudkurzweil.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    They should just make a film called Normal Activity .

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  • Brooke ("A bear is a kind of puppy") @gymbrat.northsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soft up a horror film: Very Normal Activity

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  • Philby Bear (they/them) @philbybear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Normal Activity.

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  • Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    IMAGINE THINKING YOU WERE GONNA MAKE A NORMAL PETER GREENAWAY MOVIE!!!! RELEASE IT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!!

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  • Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    Which would mean God only knows what in terms of what kind of people would move here for jobs? Normal film industry types with decent politics? A bunch of “cancelled“ producers? Kevin Sorbo?

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  • 🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film... Perfectly Normal Activity.

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  • Errol 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    Absolutely dire shortage of recognisable horror film characters this Halloween. We’re down to “Normal Woman in a Red Top” and “Hopefully You Already Look Like Markiplier”.

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  • Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.clubBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    ER doc, nurses, radiology tech and EMTs all asked me what I was doing before this all started. I was like “uhhhh we went to the library. I ate a sandwich. I made some linocut prints and then watched a movie with a kitten sleeping on my chest. Normal day.”

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  • Project Azar @projectazar.comBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film. Normal Activity

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  • Deus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monsterBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    I was like I also don’t know the “I was cancelled” person, looked her up, saw she’s been in 2 movies I’ve seen but also: she’s 22. I can no longer tell actors that age apart. Normal people that age sure but I’m not going to recall a single hot 20-year-old actress in a movie with a bunch of them

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  • lucyfree 🦋 @lucyfr.eeBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    guy who tries to watch a dvd and gets really panicked that something is wrong until he reads the back of the box and sees "THIS FILM IS PRESENTED IN 'WIDESCREEN' FORMAT. THE BLACK BARS ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ARE NORMAL"

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  • Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Normal film night

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  • KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.comBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film Speak at a Normal Volume

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  • rushpuppy @rushofblood.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    watched the bad guys 2 for "sitting in a hospital room w napping family member" reasons (theyre fine) bc they had it on the tv. it was abt what i expected. very pretty, made me feel funny, made me Feel a Feeling once or twice, deeply constrained by being a Normal Kids Movie. several hot animals

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  • Saga, sighs queen @saga.iam.biBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    re last reskeet: it is incredibly heartwarming for me to see people going nuts for The Devils as if it was a Normal Movie (or perhaps also I have just the exact right kind of people in my skyline)

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  • liz ₊˚ෆ @ndlessvoid.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    ngl whenever i see fight club art it heals me a little more inside,,, i am so Normal about this movie :p

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  • B-Squared @fourdastreets.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Movie: Young Frankenstein (Blu-ray) Ari's Rating: 3.5/5 Now I'm going to have "Puttin' on the Ritz" stuck in my head all day thanks to this masterpiece of a film. 😭 Worth it though... Abby Normal...lol #filmsky #horrorsky

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  • Chris Mooney @chriskmooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Soften up a horror film Winners Normal Activity Night of the Living

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  • jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    We are not talking enough about this. #Musk hated the movie about him & got all his Billionaire buddies to ban ads on their social media platforms. But people still bought tickets. So his eBay pal BOUGHT Bleeker Street Films and pulled the damn film. This. Is. Not. Normal tinyurl.com/bdh784ka

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  • Jeff 🏳️‍🌈🥌 @nobody1300.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film. Normal Activity

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  • Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film A Pair of Normal Activity

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  • Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Normal Bob Odenkirk continues with his action films after Nobody and while the story and characters do take a while to get going, the performances and extremely gory action scenes is where the film is at it's best and makes this entertaining to watch

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  • McBoo-lie @mcjulie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    It is NOT NORMAL for a movie like this to be shown “in Seattle” but only in not-Seattle, there is no universe where Auburn is more interested in a four-hour anti-Elon Musk documentary than Capitol Hill.

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  • Hillary Hillarious @hhillarious.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    I have a great niece named Abby. I call her Abby-Normal as a joke and she, a fan of this movie and who could also quote every line in Monty Python's Holy Grail by the age of ten, loved it.

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  • Shamey @shamey.gayBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    This is after I asked if she wanted to see the madoka movie in theaters in January "I don't know if I want to go to the movies with the kind of people who would see madoka in theaters" "Wife anime is normie shit now. Normal people see anime in theaters." "No it's not. NO IT'S NOT YOU TAKE IT BACK."

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  • Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Normal Activity.

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  • Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: The Normal Air

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  • Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film. Normal Activity

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  • Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Official Selection – South African Film Festival (SAFF) Canada & US 2026 Set in the charming seaside town of Fish Hoek, "Normal To Me" is an intimate feature documentary exploring the lives of individuals with special needs employed at a local protective workshop. southafricanfilmfest.com

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  • Chiros @chiropica.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Soften up a horror film. Normal Activity

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  • Multitude Container @greavesoflass.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Normal Activity

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  • Crispy Bacon Wizard @crispybaconwizard.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Normal Activity

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  • Gravitycore's Nerd Pod @gravitycore96.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror movie Normal Mommy

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  • Stephen Graham King🍉 @stephengrahamking.comBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften a horror film: Normal Activity.

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  • Tyler Hayes @bytylerhayes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film Normal Activity

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  • I’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Par, Normal Activity

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  • a Mae of blood @eversonpoe.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    soften up a horror film Tucker & Dale vs Mischief Let's Scare Jessica To Sleep Normal Legs Heckraiser

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  • Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: The Normal Dog

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  • ErsatzEmpress 🏳️‍⚧️ @ersatzempress.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film Normal Activity

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  • unitedwhofans.bsky.social @unitedwhofans.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    #TCMParty highlights for November 2026 IMO Burt Lancaster (SOTM) movies: The Killers, Sweet Smell of Success, From Here To Eternity, The Swimmer NOV 23rd: Stormy Weather (8pm) Black Friday: Airplane! (Films on Film about title designer Dan Perri) NOV 30th: This Island Earth (NORMAL VIEW!)

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  • Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    🚨 VERY CHILL NORMAL MOVIE ALERT 🚨

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  • Landon Palmer @landonpalmer.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    Saw the restoration of The Devils, a movie I have refused to Be Normal about since I first saw it 21 years ago letterboxd.com/landonpalmer...

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