Normal is a neo-Western thriller that stars Bob Odenkirk as Ulysses, an unassuming substitute sheriff assigned to the quiet Midwestern town of Normal. Seeking a temporary escape from personal and professional turmoil, Ulysses instead finds himself drawn into a crisis when a botched bank robbery exposes a dangerous secret beneath the town's calm exterior. As tensions escalate (and boy, do they escalate), he is forced to confront his troubled past and the true nature of the community he has been tasked with protecting.
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Normal (2026) stars Bob Odenkirk as temporary sheriff Ulysses, who arrives in the sleepy Midwestern town of Normal seeking respite from personal troubles, only to stumble into a botched bank robbery exposing the community's criminal underbelly.
A collaboration between Odenkirk, John Wick creator Derek Kolstad (writer), and Nobody producers, it features Lena Headey and Henry Winkler in this kinetic neo-Western uncovering dark secrets beneath small-town facades
Ben Wheatley (Free FireFree Fire, High RiseHigh Rise) directs the 90-minute R-rated action-thriller that premiered in TIFF's Midnight Madness 2025, blending moral dilemmas with explosive confrontations.
Magnolia Pictures releases it in U.S. theaters April 17; trailers tease Odenkirk's everyman intensity amid mounting paranoia.