Norman

"In another strong late-career role, Richard Gere plays a New York hustler whose ambiguous connection to the Israeli prime minister causes trouble."

"Gere, his Cheshire-cat smile only improving with age, has found his most essential role, one that pushes his smooth operator's desperation to the limit."

"[Gere] gives a strong performance as a desperate social climber in this fractured drama that works best as a flawed character study."

"Richard Gere is at his controlled and charismatic best in this surprisingly effective low-budget character drama."

"What’s best about the film is how Cedar and Gere have dreamed up a character who’s equally desperate and preternaturally ingratiating."

"Gere delivers a career best in this complex curiosity."

"This delicate, novelistic character study is what more American independent films would be like if more were made by thoughtful grown-ups who gravitated toward nuance and complexity."

"Gere presides over it all with an impressively self-effacing portrait of a man who, while you wouldn’t want to experience him in real life, remains fascinating onscreen from beginning to end."

"Norman is pitched somewhere between comedy and character-driven drama, succeeding as neither."