Richard Gere Is A One-Man Social Network In 'Norman'
Critic Mark Jenkins calls Joseph Cedar's tale of a cipher (Richard Gere) who finds himself at the center of a web of personal and political machinations "intricate, rollicking and sometimes sad."
by Mark Jenkins
Apr 12, 2017
2 minutes
Midway through Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, the title character sketches a diagram of his intersecting business, political, and charitable connections. Norman Oppenheimer (Richard Gere) is at the center of the web, and yet he's barely there at all.
You might call Norman a flesh-and-blood social network. He exists to link others,
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