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{{Infobox Filmfilm

| released = {{flagiconFilm date|USA2005|05|26}} May 26, 2005

| runtime = 90 mins.minutes

| country = [[United States]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

'''''Almost Normal''''' is a 2005 [[comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Marc Moody]] and starring [[J. Andrew Keitch]], [[Tim Hammer]], and [[Joan Lauckner]].<ref>[http://www.journalstar.com/entertainment/article_827800c0-5f69-5c7a-a39b-0ec1b13de732.html 'Almost Normal' drives home refreshing message] Joel Gehringer, ''Lincoln Journal Star'', September 22, 2005</ref><ref>[http://media.www.kaleo.org/media/storage/paper872/news/2005/04/18/Features/almost.Normal.A.Fit.For.Everyone-2797811.shtml 'Almost Normal' a fit for everyone]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Michelle Takiguchi, ''Ka Leo/The Voice'' April 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/communication-alumnus-writes-directs-almost-normal-available-1115 Communication alumnus writes, directs 'Almost Normal'; available 11/15] Arian Smedley, Scripps College of Communication, November 3, 2005.</ref>

==SynopsisPlot synopsis==

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 transported"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 [[heterosexuality|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—hisgirl – 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 isin 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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* [{{official website|http://www.tenuretrackproductions.com/ Official site]}}

* {{AmgAllMovie movietitle|332672|Almost Normal}}

* {{imdbIMDb title|0466669}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080131191122/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/332672/Almost-Normal/overview Review summary from the New York Times website]

* {{citation |title=Almost Normal |url=http://www.outfilms.com/details.aspx?film_id=1441 |publisher=OutFilms.com |accessdateaccess-date=2007-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023102422/http://www.outfilms.com/details.aspx?film_id=1441 |archive-date=2008-10-23 |url-status=dead }}

* {{citation |title=Review of Almost Normal |first=Joey |last=Guerra |date=November 15, 2005 |url=http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2005/11/normal.html |accessdateaccess-date=2007-10-28 |periodical=[[AfterElton.com]]}}

[[Category:American2005 LGBT-related films]]

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[[Category:FantasyGay-comedyrelated films]]

[[Category:EnglishLGBT-languagerelated comedy-drama films]]

[[Category:Time2000s travelEnglish-language films]]