Norman

The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.

Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes prime minister of Israel, Norman’s life dramatically changes for better and worse, when he finds himself in the middle of an international scandal as political adviser to the PM.

118 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language).
Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit

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Credits

Cast	Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Steve Buscemi, Yehuda Almagor, Neta Riskin, Josh Charles
Director	Joseph Cedar
Screenplay	Joseph Cedar
Music	Jun Miyake
Cinematography	Yaron Scharf
Editing	Brian A. Kates
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	Blackbird, Cold Iron Pictures, Movie Plus productions, Oppenheimer Strategies, Tadmor

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild to moderate, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for some language
Runtime	118
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Geoffrey MacNab American gigolo now ageing hustler - and good at it.	15
Metacritic.com 33 critics	15
Rottentomatoes critics 103 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Norman’s elegantly told story is brought brilliantly to life by a quietly powerful performance from Richard Gere.	18
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Downfall of a would-be deal maker in talky, mature drama.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 13 users	12
Rottentomatoes users 3491 users	13
IMDB 2221 Netizens It seems mediocre, but that’s what makes it great (That and Gere himself)	13
The Movie DB Community	11
Average .. 69%	14