Normal

Normal is a drama about Roy Applewood, a factory worker and family man in rural Illinois who, after twenty-five years of marriage, tells his wife Irma that he is a woman trapped in a man's body and intends to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Irma, deeply hurt, throws him out of the house. Roy must then face his new life as a woman while his friends, co-workers and children come to terms with the change, and the marriage he has built is tested.

The film was directed by Jane Anderson and is her second feature as director, following If These Walls Could Talk 2 in 2000. Tom Wilkinson plays Roy, who begins living as Ruth, and Jessica Lange plays Irma. Hayden Panettiere appears as their daughter Patty Ann, with Clancy Brown, Richard Bull and Joseph Sikora in supporting roles. It was produced by HBO and HBO Films with Avenue Pictures.

Released in January 2003, Normal was made for television and runs 110 minutes. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.7 out of 10 from a relatively small number of votes, suggesting a modest but steady level of audience interest rather than broad viewership.