Ben Wheatley puts Bob Odenkirk and Lena Headey inside the lie of a town called Normal

Ben Wheatley puts Bob Odenkirk and Lena Headey inside the lie of a town called Normal

A small Midwestern town presents itself as ordinary. The mayor is friendly, the diner runs on time, the law looks competent enough. Ben Wheatley’s new feature treats that surface as a contract. The moment a stranger pulls a service weapon, the contract gets exposed for what it always was: a story told by people who agreed to tell it. Normal is the name of the town and the name of the film, and by the closing reel it functions as an accusation. T…