Norman

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Richard Gere delivered an award worthy performance as a middle-aged, upper middle class, Jewish schlemiel.  It is not a comedy, although there are several amusing episodes.  Norman is doomed to spend his life alone and he has no idea why.  He has no visible means of support and doesn't have a job.  He just hangs around.  Eventually you wonder if this is an allegorical story.  There is something like a plot, however.  He performs an incredibly generous act for someone who becomes an internationally important person.  That person sees Norman in a different light than the movie audience.  Is that person right about Norman and are we wrong?  The final scene of the movie answers that question.  This is very worth seeing.