GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
KnotStronger
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Joanna Mccarty
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
RashomonLaStrada
After 974,000+ heterosexual feel-good movies, we finally get a good-old-boy down-to-earth heart-of-America gay feel-good movie! Not feel-good in terms of hunky guys showing off their sweaty chests. But a story that shows people being nice and loving and generous (toward gay characters).This is the freshest, most unique gay-themed movie I've seen (and I've seen a lot). It doesn't take place in a big city. It doesn't include homophobic rants. Big Eden asks us to believe that in the deepest right-wing part of the Rocky Mountains the colorful townsfolk would try to play matchmaker for two gay men; that a countrified old man nearing the end of his life would tell his gay son, "Did I teach you shame?" and then say "Can't you see what a good job god did here?" (forget psychotherapy, gay men who were rejected by their families and communities can just watch this movie.) Two big questions guide the plot: Will Henry choose between his boyhood crush (dad of two, recently divorced) or the quiet, native-American shopkeeper who shyly dotes on him? And will Henry remain in his hometown of Big Eden, MT, or return to his adopted home in New York? This provides enough drama and interest without adding in drugs or dance clubs or gay bashing or screaming drag queens for comic relief.My theory about the positive community in Gay Eden: I think the town would react very negatively if a big city gay couple bought land in Big Eden, moved there and tried to dance together at the town barbecue. But Henry and Pike were from Big Eden -- they belonged there... when Pike says that he wants Henry to be happy, the most stereotypical of all the rednecks tells him, "We want you to be happy also." And I truly believed him.Feel good yet?
hydexsys
I disliked the movie. I Could not take a minute of it after the first 15 minutes.If the movie was about heterosexuals it would be a worthless and a dull movie. The fact that two men kiss each other at the end of the movie does not make me think specially about it.It was a bad movie no matter if it was about heterosexual or homosexual people. I am disappointed at those institutions that give away awards Think about it this way: If the director had made this movie about heterosexuals, and change the movie in such a way that the guy is not homo, and then change the story just as much to adopt to this , then what does the movie have to offer? Nothing. No interesting plot, no action no real romance, dull dull dull.So it is still a worthless movies even if it is about homosexuals.it has a 0 from me for awful.
bruno_lambess
Well, interesting premise - if only the lead was cast a little better - at times he seemed a little wooden and at others shrill. I just didn't get the attraction between the two leads - bit of an 'odd'couple - perhaps this could have been justified with a little more background development...and the school football hero romance...well...I think flashbacks would have helped...maybe. The Art Gallery woman...oh, god, can we talk about how bad she was...a walking talking FAG-HAG...she was being smothered (thank goodness) by the paper bag she was trying to act her way out of. All in all great story potential, really nice setting sadly let down by poor casting and a weak script. Worth watching it for all the missed opportunities. :)
bruceprzybylski
It's really hard to find a portrayal of gay men, much less men-of-color, who are not prissy, have a fashion obsession or catty. This movie does a pretty good job, except for the "fruit fly" female character playing the manager to the lead male's painter. Man, does she ever shut up!?! She's on the screen for mere minutes and you want to never see her again, a total throwaway character.The story is typical guy holding torch for some guy who showed him some attention when he was younger, now after 20+ years he has a chance to see him again, blah blah blah. The truth is any gay man over the age of 25 realizes dreams like that never come true and if you are lucky you find love in places and whenever you least expect it. So that part of the movie comes off as pretty stereotypical, gay man staring and acting like a big ol' girl when the straight crush is around. The Pike Character was a real good job by Eric Schweig. It was great to see a brown man who isn't willowy and hanging on a middle-aged white guy like he's going to faint. The shyness of the character is interesting, no cloud of shame or second-class "so grateful you white/straight people like me". You don't even know where his heart lies until well into the movie, moving into it like a puff of air on the edge of a wheat field and forming gentle designs as it moves across. When the time comes and the lead character is in Pike's arms you see a really powerful image, the white lead is a molehill to Pike's mountain and probably one of the best kisses on film.