Review of Norman (2010) by Connor M — 20 May 2018

I thought this movie was PHENOMENAL! Norman fights with the internal struggle of releasing and acknowledging his own emotions regarding the death of his mother.

To make matters worse, he feels like his Dad is giving up on his own life, leaving him alone. Compounded with the other, more common high-school emotional baggage, Norman feels lost in this world, feeling like no one cares about him because no one (really just his Dad) is "listening" to him.

His entire world changes when Emily, a pure ball of feminine-love energy, takes notice of him. You see Norman start feeling her genuine love. She truly cares. Norman's biggest struggle is the fact that he doesn't think people love him for who he is. Emily does.

Fast forward to the end, he uncovers to everyone that he is a "fraud" and seemingly proves to himself that people don't care about or understand him. The ending scene is probably the most powerful. Norman finally releases the burden he has put on himself and decides to move forward. We are left hoping Emily is at the door. She is, and he finally lets her in. Powerful, and amazing. Beautiful ending, however, I wouldn't feel right if I didn't admit that I was a little disappointed.

I wish the scene had continued just a little bit longer. I long to see the following conversation OR watch as Emily holds him again. Letting him cry as he "lays down his biggest demon" and supporting him as "his person" in this World.