I'm only 30 minutes into the movie, but I can't believe the similarities it has with the Animated Cars movie. First off, it is about a rich, cell phone-dependent doctor (Lisa) who while travelling across the country gets pulled over by a cop for speeding in her fancy BMW ( which she is completely enamored with.) Because she has a lot of unpaid parking tickets and has a warrant out for her arrest, she is taken to see the judge in Smalltown (Normal), USA, population 321. She sees the judge who makes her do 3 days of community service because she is unable to pay the total in fines. Surprisingly, the judge is called "Doc" because he is also the only doctor in the town. Her car is taken away from her, and she is therefore not able to jump ship. One difference, though, is Doc is trying to get her to stay.This movie is about bringing the lady to her humble self, very similar to the way Lightning McQueen is in Cars. Her city girl character is juxtaposed to the simpleness of the small town life. Beyond that I'm not sure as I'm not done with the movie yet.

If you seen Michael J Fox's Doc Hollywood you have basically seen this movie with a few minor changes.I see some make this out to be some kind of religious movie and I did not see it that except for a story about a cross on public land part that lasted maybe 15 minutes Since it is just a remake of Doc Hollywood i will list a few of the changes other the the minor cross story.1. The obvious one the lead changed from male to female 2. The lead was going from L.A. to NYC instead of NYC to L.A.3. Instead of destroying a fence(Doc Hollywood) it was tickets that got the star community service Other then that without giving away to much it was Doc Hollywood.I recommend this movie unless you hate anything that even mentions something to do with religion because it is a funny

(Minor spoilers ahead) On one hand, Finding Normal treads very familiar ground: woman city slicker doctor lands like a fish out of water in a ridiculously good-natured burg in the middle of nowhere and has to rethink her priorities while first sparring with--then falling for--the good-looking bachelor town mechanic. The characters are likable, the filming and acting are fine, and the whole enterprise is nice, but a little forgettable.But then, something amazing happens which is eye-opening in that that you come to realize that something so ordinary is basically never seen in this genre of movie. The characters of this middle-America town are revealed to contain large numbers of practicing Christians who seem to actually take their faith seriously as a part of their life, and are nevertheless portrayed as, well, normal folks.They go to church on Sunday, they attend pancake breakfasts where they actually socialize like normal folks, and they seem like genuinely nice people. They're not a secret glassy-eyed cult; they're not simpletons or hateful bigots who treat outsiders with disgust; they're not covert hypocrites living out endless perversions in private while breathing fire and brimstone at the pulpit... or any of the countless tropes that have been beaten into the ground for decades by Hollywood.Perhaps most shocking, they also don't express the sort of lukewarm, formalistic faith which is the only sort that Hollywood seems to allow Christians to possess on film--the kind that makes mealy-mouthed reference to "some greater power" while never actually saying the "G" word. Instead, the characters in this town are regular folks who believe in God, and are just fine with that. They're open, non-self-conscious, and frankly, a lot like the actual people of faith in the real world.That this sort of character is _never_ seen in a romantic comedy--or for that matter, almost any movie outside of the "Christian Movie" ghetto, is what was most surprising to me as I watched this film.If the female lead had expressed a deep interest in the healing power of crystals, it would have simply marked her as a "free spirit" and it would have fit comfortably in with the genre; if the characters had been seen bowing to Mecca at some point, it would have been "edgy". But perhaps the most subversive thing that Finding Normal manages is to actually incorporate Christians into a romantic comedy without turning it into a religious film. As such, this initially has the effect of shocking you out of the "rom-com" zone somewhat as a viewer--and that itself speaks volumes for the way Hollywood has formalized its suspicion of (primarily Christian) religion into the way stories are presented on film.

I suppose if your religion is based on suspending disbelief, this movie is for you. Otherwise, this is 90 minutes you'll never get back. This is a poor remake of Doc Hollywood but with less black people and more make-up. This feel good movie is only for the true believers or the brain dead. This low budget movie makes the same mistake of most low budget movies. The viewer is expected to mentally fill in the plot gaps by understanding the significance of random events. A simple country boy is the deep thinker. Despite the fact that nothing wise ever passes his lips. The antagonist is the Jewish boyfriend who is only interested in money. The black patriarch adopts white kids and has no black family members. Could this movie be any worse?