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- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
Summary In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.
Directed By: Travis Fine
Written By: George Arthur Bloom, Travis Fine
- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
Any Day Now
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8.3
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Summary In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.
Directed By: Travis Fine
Written By: George Arthur Bloom, Travis Fine
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
60
56% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
44% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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A stellar performance by Alan Cumming as the cross-dressing crooner-cum-caretaker is the picture's most marketable asset.
The takeaways of the film are horror and hope: horror that institutionalized homophobia was so pervasive, hope that that intolerance is a thing of the past.
Its most redeeming quality is that it isn't so quick to neuter its queer characters into a package-friendly "gay couple" aesthetic a la Modern Family.
Things go awry in the last act, as the movie stops dead for more songs and a tragic coda that seems forced and trite, rather than the three-hankie finale we've all earned. Still, Cumming is wonderful.
It's one thing to call a film about homophobia and human rights Any Day Now; it's another to actually have your character sing "I Shall Be Released" in full at the end. The intent is righteous. The dramatic overkill is deadly.
Like another Tribeca hit given a quiet release, last year's "Puncture," Any Day Now feels the need to take its compelling true story and stack the deck in favor of what we know is the outcome, presenting all obstacles as engineered by sneering, callous villains with disdain for those who would trumpet a more progressive cause.
Straining for "teachable moments," the film has one noteworthy, unintentional function: to remind us that though LGBT rights are continually evolving, the laws of kitsch remain immutable.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 User Ratings
8.3
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 User Ratings
8.3
81% Positive
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Production Company
PFM Pictures
Release Date Dec 14, 2012
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline They made him a promise. He made them a family.
Awards
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Seattle International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
L.A. Outfest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
