While there are kinks in Murphy's adaptation, the raw power of Kramer's story cannot be diluted. It's a powerful memorial to the men that lost their lives and those they loved while fighting bring the AIDS epidemic to light.

| Jul 2, 2018

HBO knows how to produce a compelling biographical movie...

| Sep 13, 2017

Larry Kramer's blistering cri de coeur about the early days of the AIDS plague gets a solidly respectful but flawed treatment from Ryan Murphy.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 3, 2014

The collaboration between Murphy and Kramer seemed like a natural from the moment it was announced, and now we have the proof of that sensible decision -- in all its incendiary, heart-wrenching magnificence.

| Jun 28, 2014

It's an impressive, relevant, and moving ensemble drama that I can't recommend enough.

| May 31, 2014

Although The Normal Heart is a work of fiction, the stories it tells about the emerging AIDS crisis in America are honest and heartbreakingly real, thanks to deeply affecting performances.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 29, 2014

There is less reporting on poverty in America than on any other major societal issue. So it is with AIDS. That alone makes The Normal Heart an important film.

| May 29, 2014

If anger and suffering were all there were to The Normal Heart, watching it would be torture. Luckily, it has heart to match its guts.

| May 29, 2014

Despite its flaws, this iteration of The Normal Heart also exhorts us to remember.

| May 29, 2014

A riveting drama about three years in the early AIDS crisis and the struggle of a gay writer fighting the indifference of so many people to this epidemic in New York City.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 29, 2014

Absolutely retains its significance, it's the execution from director Ryan Murphy that's worthy of dismissal, allowing a heavy-handedness to drive the provocative material into frustrating repetition.

| Original Score: B- | May 29, 2014

Matt Bomer is heartbreaking as a New York Times style reporter looking for love in a loveless city. His physical transformation is astonishing and agonizing.

| May 28, 2014

It's movies like The Normal Heart, fuelled by the performances within it, that make you want to learn more and provide perspective on one of the bleakest times for the gay community. That, and increase Kleenex sales at Costco.

| May 28, 2014

Time, and rewrites, have softened some of the play's stridency. More important, the romance between Weeks (Ruffalo) and his lover, Felix (Bomer), is given a more prominent role as is Felix's death spiral, giving the story power both broad and intimate.

| May 28, 2014

If you can get past the director's tics and tricks, there are some bravura scenes from Mantello, Roberts and Ruffalo that are worth the price of admission.

| May 27, 2014

Moving, well acted and important for a generation who may be unfamiliar with the source material. But the 온라인카지노추천 version, also written by Kramer, doesn't have the emotional heft of the play.

| May 27, 2014

The Normal Heart is not as powerful as Kramer's incendiary play, but it is still too passionate and potently acted to miss.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 26, 2014

Watch at your own risk, but to not watch the film - or more importantly, learn from it - is an even higher risk.

| May 26, 2014

Overscored and overwrought, The Normal Heart is a tough pill to swallow. The direction of Ryan Murphy (Glee) is piercingly staccato (and visually inconsistent). The tender moments don't resonate, and the fraught moments feel hysterical.

| May 26, 2014

A pretty decent adaptation of the 1985 stage script, with some good things added, including an effective pre-credit section set on Fire Island in 1982.

| Original Score: 3 stars | May 26, 2014