The Normal Heart
This adaptation of Larry Kramer's riveting stage drama is a love story set against the dark background of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, centering on a gay activist who tries to raise public awareness but encounters myriad obstacles.
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Movie Details
- Ratings
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TV-MAMature Audience Only. This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.
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17Common Sense rating Pause for kids 17 & under
DVD details
Blu-ray details
Widescreen 1.78:1
SubtitlesEnglish, French, Spanish (Neutral)
Closed captionedNo
Language and soundEnglish: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Other featuresColor; interactive menus; scene access.
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Closed captionedNo
Other featuresColor; interactive menus; scene access.
The Normal Heart
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Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that the thought-provoking The Normal Heart candidly explores the early years of the HIV/AIDS crisis with jarring scenes involving illness and death, unbleeped language (including "f--k"), and simulated sex (including full-frontal nudity and sex with multiple partners). There's also some social drinking along with depictions of recreational drug use, but those elements aren't the focus.
- Sexual Content
- Sex is simulated but highly realistic, with bare buttocks and occasional frontal nudity. One scene includes a public sex act involving multiple partners, and another takes place in a bathhouse.
- Violence
- Characters undergo shocking physical changes over the course of their illnesses, and death is a common theme. There's some blood as well as other visible bodily fluids, but it's realistic rather than excessive.
- Language
- Unbleeped strong language includes words such as "f--k," "s--t," and "c--k."
- Social Behavior
- The overall tone is far from rosy, but the piece explores thought-provoking themes such as sex versus love, promiscuity versus monogamy, bravery, honesty, and discrimination -- and characters talking openly about these issues helps drive messages home to the viewer.
- Consumerism
- Not applicable
- Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol
- Social drinking, sometimes to excess, with brief depictions of recreational drug use.
Legend
- Age appropriate
- Not an issue
- Depends on your kid and your family
- Not appropriate for kids of the age most likely to want to see it
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