The Normal Heart (TV Movie 2014)

The Normal Heart: Directed by Ryan Murphy. With Mark Ruffalo, Jonathan Groff, Frank De Julio, William DeMeritt. A gay activist attempts to raise H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. awareness during the early 1980s.

“Just watched the HBO original movie the u0026quot;Normal Heartu0026quot; which is based on a Tony award winning play from real life AIDS activist Larry Kramer, and I must say that director Ryan Murphy took this film to lifeu0026#39;s edge showing that love and life ends in the tragic and sad deaths of gay men. Set in New York city during the early to mid 80u0026#39;s at the very early stages of HIV/AIDS in fact the film shows the first deaths and early cases of gay men getting an unknown disease some called even a gay menu0026#39;s cancer plague. In these very early years the disease was still searching for a name and it was known only as a gay disease. After death after death a newspaper reporter Ned Weeks(in a super performance from Mark Ruffalo)starts to become an activist and fight for the rights of gay men and he faces a big climb from the political and medical community who both seem in denial of gay menu0026#39;s rights and they have no clue on how to treat the disease. Ned sees the pain and toll that it takes as his lover Felix(Matt Bomer)falls to defeat in the end from this new mysterious killer of gay men. In an outstanding performance veteran Julia Roberts is high strong and determined as a polio stricken doctor Brookner who was one of the first in the country to treat gay men for this disease. She has hope and fights for change. Overall this film is a painful watch about life, love, and in the end death still itu0026#39;s message is itu0026#39;s okay to fight for life and equal justice even if your different and love one of your own gender. Overall a must watch film that shows the early harsh days of the AIDS birth.”