Finding Normal

2013 · 90 min · EN · 6.4 (41 votes)

Dir. Brian Herzlinger · Starring Candace Cameron Bure, Valerie Boucvalt, Lou Beatty Jr., Dodie Brown, Trevor St. John, Mark Irvingsen

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Dr. Lisa Leland is a brilliant surgeon with absolutely no bedside manner. She is leaving her practice at UCLA Hospital to move to the Hamptons where she will join her boyfriend as a concierge doctor, treating the rich and famous. As she drives cross-country to her new life she hits a tractor in Normal, North Carolina and her BMW is wrecked. Dr. Leland is found guilty of speeding and ordered to do community service as a doctor in Normal, population 332. In a town with no wi-fi, no lattes and no credit cards, Lisa Leland begins to find herself and discovers what a meaningful life is all about.

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A city doctor's forced detour into a quirky small town reveals the unexpected joys of a simpler life. It's a charming, feel-good journey about finding connection and rediscovering what truly matters.

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