How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer

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]

How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Directed by	Jeff Zimbalist
Written by	Victoria Marquette Jeff Zimbalist
Produced by	Victoria Marquette Jeff Zimbalist
Edited by	Alannah Byrnes
Music by	Jacques Brautbar
Production company	All Rise Films
Distributed by	Kino Lorber
Release date	2024 (2024)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$66,974[1][2]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10.^[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.