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# *Normal* Came and Went. You Shouldn't Let It Stay Gone.
- URL: https://www.bensmovieguide.com/normal-came-and-went-you-shouldnt-let-it-stay-gone/
- Published: 2026-09-21T16:04:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T16:11:34.000Z
- Description: Bob Odenkirk heads back into action in Normal, a bloody, funny small-town shoot-'em-up that feels familiar in all the right ways.
- Author: Ben's
- Tags: Movie: Normal (2026), #currentish, Year: 2026, action, comedy, #Eyebrow: Bob Odenkirk is at again, #Verdict: Rent, Rating: R, #Runtime: 90, 1920s

Bob Odenkirk (*Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Nobody*) has somehow become one of the more convincing late-career action stars working today.

*Nobody* changed the equation, turning Odenkirk getting beaten half to death before methodically destroying everyone around him into a surprisingly legitimate movie genre.

[*Normal*](https://www.bensmovieguide.com/normal-2026/) takes that formula and changes it just enough to keep things interesting.

Odenkirk plays Ulysses, an interim sheriff sent to the small Minnesota town of Normal after the previous sheriff dies under unusual circumstances. What initially looks like a sleepy temporary assignment gets considerably less sleepy after a botched bank robbery exposes the fact that basically nothing — and I do mean nothing — about Normal is normal.

That setup is probably all you need to know.

This is one of those movies that benefits from letting the weirdness reveal itself rather than reading a detailed synopsis beforehand. What starts as a slightly off-kilter small-town mystery eventually turns into something much louder, bloodier and more ridiculous.

It also hits the sweet spot in length at about an hour and a half. *Normal* doesn't try to convince you that any of this is terribly important. It establishes the town, lets you know something isn't right, and then the normal world starts to disintegrate and chaos ensues.

If you're looking for something grounded and plausible, skip *Normal*. This isn't that movie.

Rotten Tomatoes currently has it at 77% from critics and 76% from verified audiences — which, if nothing else, tells you the critics and the audience are unusually close on this one.

It opened in April, hit streaming in May, and has already largely disappeared from the conversation. That's a shame.

*Normal* isn't some undiscovered masterpiece. It's compact, violent and funny. It won't be the best movie you'll ever watch, but it'll be far, far from the worst.

And sometimes that's enough.

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