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Leaving Normal [VHS]

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This is a movie about the power of perseverance and hope. It beautifully illustrates how the choices we make in our lives, whether good or bad, can eventually change your life for the better if you just persevere and, of course, learn from the bad choices we all make now and then. It's about how life can take you down the most unexpected paths, and yet you still end up in the best place for you...even if you didn't know you wanted to be there.The scenery is spectacular, the acting is great. Leaving Normal is a classic female buddy movie, and I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT ISN'T AVAILABLE ON DVD! Hello Universal Studios...are you listening!?

The strikingly life-like performances in this gem of a film...give goose-bumps. I mean it!

Witness Marianne (Meg Tilly) attempting to have a quiet anxiety attack in the hotel bathroom. Darly (Christine Lahti) trying to babysit two very prissy children. Darly and Marianne, while watching fireworks, compare themselves to see who really is, "the most terrible".

This film knows something.

Watch it and you will fall in love, with this unpredictable, unforgettable and wonderful movie.

I could not give it more definite thumbs up! END

Leaving Normal is definitely one of my most favorite movies. Those who compare this movie to Thelma and Louise are incredibly mistaken. If I had to compare this film to any other it would be Fried Green Tomatoes. Both films portray, quite simply, the strength of two women's friendship in the feriocity of life--a friendship that, I would argue, blurs the boundaries between the platonic and the passionate. Currently, I am studying in Europe, miles from home, and this movie, although it's been years since I've seen it, has crept into my homesick mind, and makes me yearn for my best friend at home. And Meg Tilly's childhood character's altered words to a famous nursery rhyme song tung gently at my dreams..."twinkle, twinkle little star how I wonder where you are? up above the world so high, when I find you I will fly"

This film is one of the best films I've ever seen. It touched me deeply. I, too, don't know why it's compared to "Thelma & Louise" -- why, because it's about two women? So is "Chicago" --so what?

Both actresses are great and there are some one wonderful lines (especially when Christine is smoking in front of the kids) and there is a beautiful outside scene where a lovely song with a vocal is played in its entirety... a sign that the director is obviously sensitive to music as well as all other elements which combine to make a great film. Totally underrated; absolutely fabulous. Where is the DVD version and why do we have to wait for it? It should be out and available now!

I saw this movie when it was first released in the theaters, many years ago. I have been looking for ANY version of it for a long time and am pleased to find it on VHS though it should be available on DVD. This is a wonderful movie with believeable and endearing characters. Their individual journeys and how they intertwine with each other's is a delightful affirmation of how magical life can be when we are open to it. Especially love the scenes in Alaska (actually filmed in British Columbia but has the same feel of SE Alaska).

And I tell you why. The soundtrack is terrific, together with an excellent performance for both actress. People had compered this movie with Thelma and Louise, I think this movie goes more futher than T&L, is has a different topic, talks abouts dreams, founds dream trough life path, rather than heroes and guns. I absolutelly love this movies, is always has an special place in my heart.

Hearing that this movie is a sort of second-rate 'Thelma and Louise' may lead you to wrong conclusions. Nothing could be further from the truth, as this film never tries to imitate T&L. What we have here is a sweet, touching tale of two women whose pasts have been marked by sorrow and difficulties, and who end up joining and travelling to Alaska. It was supposed to be a comedy, and while having it's good humour at points (the scene where Christine lays an egg just has to be seen to be believed!!!), it's also deeply touching. Christine Lahti has here one of her best performances, altough many critics seem to disagree. Why? Because the film doesn't try to give explanations or hints about the future. The films develops as real life does, without predictability. And we still have to make decisions and take choices. In the end of the movie, we're left without knowing what the future will be or if the characters have taken the right decisions, but we are hopeful nevertheless. Just as in real life :) END

This is my favorite movie ever. Really! It is indeed a story of two women "leaving normal" life together and making a life of their own. It is a beautiful story of friendship and love and bonding between two wonderful women. It has just the ending I so hoped for but did not expect. Absolutely delightful, suspenseful, loving, wonderful!

I hope the powers that be are listening and release this movie on DVD!

I watched this movie on television and fell in love with it. I think that this was one of the gems that not enough people got to see. I am kind of a wanderer and this captured that spirit. Life is unpredictable and sometimes we need to "go with the flow". I love the free spirit of these flawed characters trying to find their way. I agree with the other people that want this on dvd. If the movie companies don't want people copying stuff illegally release some of these lessor known movies on dvd!