How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer

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How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Directed by Jeff Zimbalist
Written byVictoria Marquette
Jeff Zimbalist
Produced byVictoria Marquette
Jeff Zimbalist
Edited byAlannah Byrnes
Music by Jacques Brautbar
Production
company
All Rise Films
Distributed by Kino Lorber
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$66,974 [1] [2]

How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer is a 2024 American documentary film co-written, produced, and directed by Jeff Zimbalist. The film is about Norman Mailer. [3] [4]

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 8 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. [5]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote, "How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer holds surprises even for Mailer fans. Yet as much as Mailer, with his braggadocio and heady male swagger, may not seem like he fits snugly into this day and age, I strongly suspect that if you're a young person who's a reader and you've never read a word that Norman Mailer wrote and you saw this movie, you'd be looking up one of his volumes within a day." [6]

It was the recipient of the Best Documentary Feature Award [7] at the 2024 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.

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  2. "How to Come Alive With Normal Mailer". The Numbers . Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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  6. Gleiberman, Owen (July 15, 2024). "'How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer' Review: A Haunting Doc Captures the Majesty of the Mailer Experience, and Its Dark Side Too". Variety . Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  7. 2024 Official Jury Award Winners