Movie

The Normal Heart

2014 · 133 min

A harrowing, heartfelt plunge into grief and activism, watching characters fight a system that ignores them while their loved ones waste away.

Tagline: To win a war, You have to start one
Overview: The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
How it feels: Bleak, earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, justice, love
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
justice
love
death
Places: big city
hospital
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong