The HBO film adaptation "The Normal Heart" tags critical responses among its viewers and recently won an Emmy Award and two Critics' Choice Television Awards.
The Normal Heart is an American television drama film directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Larry Kramer. It is based on the 1985 play with the same title. The film features critically acclaimed actors like Mark Ruffalo, Jonathan Groff, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, and Julia Roberts.
The Normal Heart plot represents the upsurge of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City among gay people as seen through the eyes of writer-activist Ned Weeks, the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group between 1981 and 1984. The film adaptation tags critical responses among viewers thus earning six Emmy Awards nominations, one of which was won by the film and also four Critics' Choice Television Award nominations, two of which were won by The Normal Heart film.
The Normal Heart debuted on HBO on May 25, 2014 and had an earlier theatrical screening at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto on May 23. The film received critically strong acclaim responses from critics and audiences with much praise directed to its director.
The Normal Heart was said to be a powerful, heartbreaking drama that shows a vital document of events leading up to and through the early HIV-AIDS crisis. The film's reputable casts gave Emmy-worthy performances which actually earned them six Emmy Awards nomination and one win.
The Normal Heart was also hailed as a character-oriented drama with theatrical talent and values that would face challenges of the modern day multiplex. The movie was nominated in the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie, Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries and Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. The Normal Heart won the Best Movie Award and Matt Bomer earned the Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his critically acclaimed performance on the film.
The Normal Heart was also nominated in the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Television Movie, Outstanding Lead Actor In A TV Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Supporting Actress In A TV Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Supporting Actor In A TV Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding television Movie.
Indeed, the film adaptation "The Normal Heart" tags critical responses due to highly acclaimed performances thus earning the Emmy and the Critics' Choice Television Awards.
