Review: Thomas Bezucha's vision of a gay Eden is one where most everyone is straight, but uber-tolerant of the few fags among them. This alone is enought to turn me off. This is not my idea of a gay Eden. The lead character has spent 20 years pining away for his high school best friend. He comes back to his rustic Montana hometown when his grandfather goes ill. We are led to believe this is like entering Shangri-La, but to me it was like the 4th level of hell. All the local straights appear to be able to figure out who the queers are and they engage in all manner of stupid matchmaking activities. All the gay people, however, are tightly closeted from both the straight world as well as each other.
Seems to me that the director/author of this flick is a self-hating gay man. No self-respecting gay man could have conceived of a world so loathsome.
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Summary: If we could only have more Big Edens
Review: A treasure of a movie that all should see.
Movie focuses on a New York artist who must move back to Big Eden, Montana to care for his ailing grandfather. He has never been able to tell his grandfather that he is gay (grandfather raised him) and found that life in Big Eden would not fit in with his lifestyle.
What Henry finds is a open and inviting community that will bring either positive or negative reactions from viewers. Those that will find it positive are those that grew up in an area like Big Eden and those who find it negative will only find it that way because they have longed for a community like Big Eden.
The movie, although very dramatic, does have its comedic elements.
Watch this movie with parents or loved ones. This is the movie that will bridge families closer together.
I cannot say enough about this movie.
The DVD is chalk full of extras that make it a must for anyone's gay movie collection.
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Summary: Sweet, simple love story
Review: Arye Gross and Eric Schweig star in this film about a man dealing with his feelings as a gay man with an old crush in the small town where he grew up years ago. Terrific acting highlights the film. Perfect movie to watch on a date, whether you're straight or gay. The seven men at the general store are a funny side story.
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Summary: Now this IS gay pride
Review: Much can be said about Big Eden being nothing but a fantasy world...but what a magnificant world it is!
Big Eden is a magical place simply because it is so down to earth and understanding. It's only considered a fantasy because many perceive "gay life" as young 20somethings dancing and drugging it up at some flashly gay bar. And then there are gay pride parades...which are nothing more than freak shows. Most people believe that the gay lifestyle is all about drama and many gay men make that assumption believeable. I'm gay and I don't blame the world for any of these perceptions.
Big Eden is simply the "other" gay world. Do I believe it exists? Absolutely...though maybe not on the grand scale that Big Eden presents. But Big Eden gets so much credit from me for not having any sex scenes, no drag queens, no flashy designer clothes and no stereotypical gay behavior.
There is an issue of whether the town's people are conspiring from the very beginning to bring together Henry and Pike. With repeated viewings I see more and more that would indicate this. If this is the case, it's all the more magical! Big Eden, as a place and as a movie, is all about being subtle. It's about people reconviening at a place and time to find themselves and others and to move forward.
Actually Big Eden isn't a gay love story. It's simply a love story. Big Eden certainly isn't a gay mecca...it's simply a real community of caring people--like communities should be but often are not. And that's why some will view this story as pure fantasy.
The story is awesome...the acting subtle and real. This is a movie with a message...maybe a warning of sorts to gay people. Instead of pointing out to the world how different we are, maybe we such just concentrate on showing the world how similar we are to everyone else. Instead of working so hard to build our own community, maybe we should just join the community that is already there.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Fantastic acting, great story line - beautiful movie. A perfect movie for all. This movie raises the bar for gay movie; instead of the usual run-of the mill gay, this movie is sensitive and sweet. The twist to the ending is FANTASTIC.
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Summary: Big Eden
Review: Not enough of a movie about much. There seems always to be the threat that something might engage the audience, the actors by in large are fine, but the director and or the editors mismanage and the piece is no Citizen Kane, or Three Men and a Baby either. Why waste your time with unsatifying, unreal, and boring?
