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Requirements to Be a Normal Person (2015) poster

2015 · comedy

Requirements to Be a Normal Person

Directed by Leticia Dolera1h 30m2015

Maria is 30 years old, she is a peculiar person and has one goal: become a normal person. But first of all she must discover what is exactly this. Which kind of person is she? Is she a normal person? What does exactly means? That question goes deeper into her mind. After she lists every requirements, she proposes to reach them. In that journey she will find her brother's help, Alex, a 25 years old boy who is mentally challenged and achieves every list requirements. She meets Borja as well, a boy obsessed with diets and lose weight. They will make a curious pact: she helps him to live an active and healthy live, and he helps her to meet her goal: become a normal person.

Our read: Requirements to Be a Normal Person (2015) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.43k
  • cosy
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
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Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a quirky Spanish comedy about chasing 'normal' in your thirties.”

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