During the 1960s, a renegade Scottish psychiatrist courts controversy within his profession for his approach to the field, and for the unique community he creates for his patients to inhabit.... (Full plot summary below)
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During the 1960s, a renegade Scottish psychiatrist courts controversy within his profession for his approach to the field, and for the unique community he creates for his patients to inhabit.
Leave your thoughts about Mad to Be Normal.
| GuardianPeter BradshawDavid Tennant is on pugnacious, mercurial and beady-eyed form in this very interesting and absorbing film. |
| Times (UK)Ed PottonIt's elevated above bog-standard biopic fare by the performances. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterTennant is so commanding you can't tear your eyes away from him. |
| Total FilmAli CatterallIn this touchingly funny, quietly heartbreaking biopic, David Tennant excels as the complex and flawed Laing. |
| Film InquiryLee JuttonMad to Be Normal takes the life story of someone who defied norms in every aspect of his life and then squeezes said story into a traditional biopic. What should have been a film vibrating with Laing's unique energy ends up being unengaging. |
| Caution SpoilersSarah CartlandDavid Tennant's masterful portrayal of a man driven to do good, but with astonishingly little self-awareness of the chaos he leaves in his wake, is a delight to watch -- though we don't get enough context. |
| Backseat MafiaRob AldamMad to Be Normal is an enthralling drama about a man who was both misunderstood and misguided. |
| The Mail on Sunday (UK)Matthew BondIt's fascinating and particularly well cast but, despite Tennant's watchable efforts, the decision to concentrate on the Kingsley Hall years rather than more of Laing's life proves a frustrating one. |
| HeyUGuysJon LyusThe main strength of the film is Tennant's charisma. He succeeds in capturing the mercurial aspects to R.D Laing's personality & keeps us invested despite high levels of sleaze & behaviour so morally off the charts it makes for uncomfortable viewing. |
| Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonMad to Be Normal boils a fascinating subject down into a slightly clunky, simplistic bio-drama. |
