Finding Normal

May. 18,2013      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Dr. Lisa Leland is a brilliant surgeon with absolutely no bedside manner. She is leaving her practice at UCLA Hospital to move to the Hamptons where she will join her boyfriend as a concierge doctor, treating the rich and famous. As she drives cross-country to her new life she hits a tractor in Normal, North Carolina and her BMW is wrecked. Dr. Leland is found guilty of speeding and ordered to do community service as a doctor in Normal, population 332. In a town with no wi-fi, no lattes and no credit cards, Lisa Leland begins to find herself and discovers what a meaningful life is all about.

Candace Cameron-Bure as  Dr. Lisa Leland
Lou Beatty Jr. as  Doc Shelby
Dodie Brown as  Dr. Maggie Parks
Trevor St. John as  Lucas Craig
Mark Irvingsen as  Lester Toole
Nina Leon as  Hispanic Woman

Reviews

Alicia
2013/05/18

I love this movie so much

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Lumsdal
2013/05/19

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

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filippaberry84
2013/05/20

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Anoushka Slater
2013/05/21

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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cindy-10821
2013/05/22

Puke! this movie would be the winner of the upchuck awards! I found this movie nauseating! Movie was entertaining enough. But it was just too corny. The female doctor would be miserable if she left her high paying job for a dumb & boring little town she hates. Corny and unrealistic that she falls in love with a HIC town boy she hates after a few dates and leaves a rich boyfriend. Corny and predictable. Also stupid was the fact that she was supposed to be doing community service work but they showed very little of that. That could have been good for the movie.

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lauren_alyse_saul
2013/05/23

Great premise for a film with an emphasis on faith and family, but was completely overshadowed by the significant plot holes that anyone could spot. Someone miserably failed a geography lesson coming up with this garbage. It was filmed in Louisiana and they even mention the name of a parish and speak of Louisiana on several occasions, but it is set in NC and the characters in one scene travel to Buncombe County (Asheville) to the courthouse. That's in NC, people! Hollywood, as a NC resident, let me give you a brief lesson: Louisiana and NC are not one in the same, nor are they a short drive from each other. And speaking of a drive, what doctor would drive cross country in a Beamer?? LA to Louisiana or NC would be several days drive and for someone to be that put together but not change clothing is highly unlikely. Trust me, my family moved cross country from Georgia to California and it took 4 days; not an afternoon. Also, throughout the film, the main character fails to mention that she's engaged which is the whole reason for the cross country excursion! Just no attention to detail with this movie at all, and this is coming from a big Candace fan!

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kcdc-80115
2013/05/24

I'm only 30 minutes into the movie, but I can't believe the similarities it has with the Animated Cars movie. First off, it is about a rich, cell phone-dependent doctor (Lisa) who while travelling across the country gets pulled over by a cop for speeding in her fancy BMW ( which she is completely enamored with.) Because she has a lot of unpaid parking tickets and has a warrant out for her arrest, she is taken to see the judge in Smalltown (Normal), USA, population 321. She sees the judge who makes her do 3 days of community service because she is unable to pay the total in fines. Surprisingly, the judge is called "Doc" because he is also the only doctor in the town. Her car is taken away from her, and she is therefore not able to jump ship. One difference, though, is Doc is trying to get her to stay.This movie is about bringing the lady to her humble self, very similar to the way Lightning McQueen is in Cars. Her city girl character is juxtaposed to the simpleness of the small town life. Beyond that I'm not sure as I'm not done with the movie yet.

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gangelo502
2013/05/25

My daughter had me watch this movie. I have always liked Candace's movies and this one is no exception. I know that when I watch anything she is in, it will be wholesome, family oriented and inspiring all at the same time. She shows things in her movies that uplift the heart but, at the same time, shows us how to really pay attention to our surroundings and the good in people. It is a good family movie that shows that what we have in our lives doesn't always have to be there and sometimes finding something else will make our lives more rich and fulfilling. Thank you for such a good, wholesome movie that shows how we can find things, that other people have, we really need in our lives. Again, thank you.

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