Brad Jenkins, a 40-year-old gay college professor, is still uncomfortable in his own skin. After a disagreement with his mother, he storms out of his home, claiming that he is "going somewhere where [he] is more normal." A sudden car accident propels him back to his youth and into a world in which gay is "normal" and being straight is not accepted. Brad has to weigh whether to remain in the past and be "normal" or attempt to return to his old life. A local jock, who had ignored him before, now dates him. However, he grows attracted to a girl – his best friend/sister-in-law in the heteronormative world. The couple attempts to deal with the pressures of being straight in a gay world. Eventually, everyone dances with people of the opposite sex at the school ball, even though they are in the homonormative world, showing Brad's "acceptance" of his straightness in the past and his gay self in real life. He then returns to his life as a professor and re-unites with the jock, who turns out to be the gay father of a student of Brad's.
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J. Andrew Keitch as Brad Jenkins
Joan Lauckner as Julie Erwin
Tim Hammer as Roland Davis
Nils Haaland as Terry
Kehry Anson Lane as Bill Dempson
Joel Egger as Dwayne Twillis
Virginia Smith as Doris Jenkins
Brad Buffum as Bob Jenkins
Mary Douglass as Louise Baker
Steve Balsarini as Halbert Baker
John Brennan as Mr. Thompson
Adam Jefferis as Steven Davis
Katherine Nora Leroy as Yolanda
Stan Brown as Mr. Fock
Eric Smith as Keith Stevens
Paige Edwards as Little Girl
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Almost Normal won the Best of the Fest award at the 2005 Breckenridge Festival of Film.
almost, normal, 2005, comedy, drama, film, directed, marc, moody, starring, andrew, keitch, hammer, joan, lauckner, coverdirected, bymarc, moodywritten, bymarc, moodyproduced, bysharon, teostarringj, andrew, keitchtim, hammerjoan, laucknercinematographyrichie,. Almost Normal is a 2005 comedy drama film directed by Marc Moody and starring J Andrew Keitch Tim Hammer and Joan Lauckner 1 2 3 Almost NormalDVD coverDirected byMarc MoodyWritten byMarc MoodyProduced bySharon TeoStarringJ Andrew KeitchTim HammerJoan LaucknerCinematographyRichie ShermanEdited byMarc MoodySharon TeoMusic byJonathan JoynerDistributed bySeventh Art ReleasingRelease dateMay 26 2005 2005 05 26 Running time90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot synopsis 2 Cast 3 Reception 3 1 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot synopsis editBrad Jenkins a 40 year old gay college professor is still uncomfortable in his own skin After a disagreement with his mother he storms out of his home claiming that he is going somewhere where he is more normal A sudden car accident propels him back to his youth and into a world in which gay is normal and being straight is not accepted Brad has to weigh whether to remain in the past and be normal or attempt to return to his old life A local jock who had ignored him before now dates him However he grows attracted to a girl his best friend sister in law in the heteronormative world The couple attempts to deal with the pressures of being straight in a gay world Eventually everyone dances with people of the opposite sex at the school ball even though they are in the homonormative world showing Brad s acceptance of his straightness in the past and his gay self in real life He then returns to his life as a professor and re unites with the jock who turns out to be the gay father of a student of Brad s Cast editJ Andrew Keitch as Brad Jenkins Joan Lauckner as Julie Erwin Tim Hammer as Roland Davis Nils Haaland as Terry Kehry Anson Lane as Bill Dempson Joel Egger as Dwayne Twillis Virginia Smith as Doris Jenkins Brad Buffum as Bob Jenkins Mary Douglass as Louise Baker Steve Balsarini as Halbert Baker John Brennan as Mr Thompson Adam Jefferis as Steven Davis Katherine Nora Leroy as Yolanda Stan Brown as Mr Fock Eric Smith as Keith Stevens Paige Edwards as Little GirlReception editAwards edit Almost Normal won the Best of the Fest award at the 2005 Breckenridge Festival of Film See also editList of American films of 2005References edit Almost Normal drives home refreshing message Joel Gehringer Lincoln Journal Star September 22 2005 Almost Normal a fit for everyone permanent dead link Michelle Takiguchi Ka Leo The Voice April 2005 Communication alumnus writes directs Almost Normal available 11 15 Arian Smedley Scripps College of Communication November 3 2005 External links editOfficial website Almost Normal at AllMovie Almost Normal at IMDb nbsp Review summary from the New York Times website Almost Normal OutFilms com archived from the original on 2008 10 23 retrieved 2007 10 28 Guerra Joey November 15 2005 Review of Almost Normal AfterElton com retrieved 2007 10 28 nbsp This article about a 2000s comedy drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a film with a lesbian gay bisexual or transgender theme is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to an American film of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Almost Normal amp oldid 1161874830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
