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Mad to Be Normal
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Psychologist R Ling is conducting different tests on people who have been diagnosed as mentally disturbed. Psychiatric medicine during the 1960s was quite different from what it is now, because that doctor was able to create a different atmosphere for his patients.
Psychologist R Ling is conducting different tests on people who have been diagnosed as mentally disturbed. Psychiatric medicine during the 1960s was quite different from what it is now, because that doctor was able to create a different atmosphere for his patients.
Actors:
Cia Allan,
Olivia Poulet,
Stephen Schreiber,
Nicola Simonds,
David Annen,
Lucie Glynn,
Jeannie McGinnis,
Lisa Dudley,
James Utechin,
Arran Glass,
Michael Gambon,
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Cia Allan
Olivia Poulet
1978, London, England, UK
Stephen Schreiber
Nicola Simonds
David Annen
Lucie Glynn
Jeannie McGinnis
Lisa Dudley
James Utechin
Arran Glass
Michael Gambon
19 October 1940, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
Director:
Robert Mullan
Country:
United Kingdom
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April 07, 2017
It's elevated above bog-standard biopic fare by the performances.
April 07, 2017
David Tennant is on pugnacious, mercurial and beady-eyed form in this very interesting and absorbing film.
May 04, 2018
A thought provoking biopicture focusing on the countercultural life and work of the controversial Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing.
April 06, 2017
Tennant is so commanding you can't tear your eyes away from him.
April 10, 2017
David Tennant [plays the role] with conviction and a nice Glaswegian drawl, but the film is a dodgy business that makes things up -- including a pregnant girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss) -- for no good reason.
April 03, 2017
Tennant's performance is strong, and he gives energy to a script that jolts in different directions looking for focus.
April 09, 2017
There's plenty of jazzy paisley shirts, flamboyant velvet suits and on-the-nose music cues to denote its psychedelic 1960s setting, but these elements do little to soften Laing's eye-raisingly invasive and possibly inappropriate approach to his patients.
October 11, 2017
It's fascinating and particularly well cast but, despite Tennant's watchable efforts, the decision to concentrate on the Kingsley Hall years rather than more of Laing's life proves a frustrating one.
April 07, 2017
Mad to be Normal's pieces don't quite fit, but like Laing himself, it's never boring.
April 06, 2017
In this touchingly funny, quietly heartbreaking biopic, David Tennant excels as the complex and flawed Laing.
April 03, 2017
Mad to Be Normal boils a fascinating subject down into a slightly clunky, simplistic bio-drama.
April 06, 2017
Tennant is as watchable as ever, resplendent in migraine-inducing psychedelic shirts, walking a fine line between radical visionary and arrogant chancer.
