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The movie isn't much (and it's based on a Broadway play that was even less), but while Foxx is onscreen we're willing to forgive it a lot. He stands there in a clutter of cliches, bad jokes and totally baffling character motivation, and he makes us laugh.
Ben (Redd Foxx) loses his wife, Beatrice (Pearl Bailey), to his own brother, so he takes a bus to Los Angeles to seek consolation from his son, Norman (Michael Warren).
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- George Schlatter
- PG
- Redd Foxx
Jerry Oster's review of the film in the New York Daily News read as follows: The makers of "Norman . . . Is That You?" are television veterans, and they must have been tempted to add a laugh track to this comedy about a father who discovers that his son is a homosexual.
May 13, 1977 · Norman... Is That You?: Directed by George Schlatter. With Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Michael Warren. A black man is distraught when he discovers his son is gay and is determined to set him right.
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- Comedy
- George Schlatter
- 1977-05-13
Sep 10, 2012 · Norman…Is That You? Monday 10 September 2012. Written by JPy. Time Out says. Betrayed by his wife, the boorish manager of an Arizona dry-cleaning establishment is dealt a second blow when he...
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