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Big Eden
Jour de Fête Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some mature thematic material
Starring
Arye Gross,
Eric Schweig,
Tim DeKay,
George Coe,
Louise Fletcher,
and
Nan Martin
Although it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns to Big Eden, Montana, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. This uniquely American fable about home and family hits upon the universal longing and hope we each have for finding a place where we are loved, and the unconditional desire to see those that we love find happiness. (Jour de Fête Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Thomas Bezucha
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Thomas Bezucha
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 30, 2002
Video: April 30, 2002
Theatrical: June 1, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
118 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
New Times (L.A.)
David Ehrenstein
Has all the crowd-pleasing elements moviegoers respond to: appealing hero, absorbing story, a solid group of supporting players and a big fat happy ending.

80
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
The key to success: The audience must really like both characters and believe that they deserve a fairy-tale ending. That's definitely the case in this nicely acted love story.

80
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Dares to substitute wit and warmth for the standard gay indie tropes in tackling its tale of an unconventional couple.
75
Boston Globe
Scott Heller
It's a refreshing alternative to hipper-than-thou moviemaking.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
It's unlikely that the whole cowboy town would really applaud all the queer goings-on, but it's a lovely sentiment in a lovely movie.

75
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
But it's more than a crowd-pleaser shot at spectacular Rocky mountain locations -- it's almost revolutionary.

70
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Funny, moving, and insightful look at questions about identity and community.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
An accomplished heart-tugger, a serious romantic comedy that tackles two dilemmas with honesty and compassion.

70
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
A rosy, hearthside fantasy of acceptance that's so assured in its writing and direction, it's nearly impossible not to believe.

67
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
Entertaining, well-acted and hopeful about a world in which sexual orientation isn't a big deal, Big Eden is a pretty picture -- it just tends to be a little too perfect and cute for its own good.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Writer and first-time director Thomas Bezucha certainly knows how to create warmth, ambience and situation.

63
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Director Bezucha's eyes are as starry as Montana's sky, but it's pretty hard to resist such a determinedly utopian vision of love.

60
Film.com
Robert Horton
Little of this is plausible, but it is beguiling.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Too cute by half (or maybe three-quarters).

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
By creating a kind of politically correct version of Andy Griffith's "Mayberry," director Bezucha has drained the movie not only of bigotry but also of dramatic conflict.
50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Until the plot becomes intolerably cornball, there's charm in the story.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
Yet as wonderful as it is to see a breezy, earnest romantic comedy that is so matter-of-factly gay-themed, Big Eden suffers somewhat, unsurprisingly, from some of the usual perils of a breezy, earnest romantic comedy.

50
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
The movie is as flat and plain as a television program, and most of the supporting characters (including Louise Fletcher as a kindly schoolmarm) seem equally two-dimensional, as if they had wandered in from the set of "The Andy Griffith Show."

30
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
Stupefyingly benign.


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