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Movie Name: Normal
Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Peter Shinkoda, Jess McLeod
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Release Date: April 17, 2026
Rating: –
Languages: English
Production House: OPE Partners, QWGmire, Bonus Productions, Tradecraft Productions, Le Foole Inc
Budget: $- million
Centers on a temporary small-town sheriff who uncovers dark mysteries after a local bank robbery.
Normal: Movie Overview
Normal is a 2025 crime thriller film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by Derek Kolstad, based on a story by Kolstad and Bob Odenkirk. Odenkirk also stars in the film alongside Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Peter Shinkoda, and Jess McLeod.
The film premiered on September 7, 2025 in the Midnight Madness program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on April 17, 2026, by Magnolia Pictures.
Ulysses comes to the sleepy town of Normal to serve as the temporary sheriff after the passing of the original sheriff. A bank robbery in Normal leads Ulysses to find that a criminal underground reaches throughout the entire town.
The companies that the film was sold to in pre-sales at the EFM included Sky Cinema for the United Kingdom, Amazon MGM Studios for Canada, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan Filmexport for France and Leonine Studios in Germany.
The film was selected for the Midnight Madness program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, premiering September 7, 2025. Later that month, Magnolia Pictures acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, scheduling it for a theatrical release in the United States on April 17, 2026 across 2,000 theaters, the company’s widest release to date.
For Deadline, reviewer Pete Hammond writes “Odenkirk rules this roost just as he does in the Nobody movies, but with the firepower Wheatley keeps shooting Normal manages to exceed those action levels if you can believe it.”
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 83% approval rating based on 23 critic reviews.
