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Big Eden (2001)
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Synopsis:
Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the time away, and keep their eyes on things.
Although it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns...
Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the time away, and keep their eyes on things.
Although it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns to Big Eden, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. Once home, Henry finds he must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend from high school, and the object of his unrequited love. Henry's feelings for Dean, which caused him to flee Big Eden nearly twenty years ago, seem to have only grown stronger over the intervening years.
At the same time, Henry's reappearance sparks a transformation in Pike Dexter, the shy, unassuming, Native American owner of the town's general store. Pike is as surprised as anyone, and completely unprepared, when he finds himself falling in love with Henry.
As this unspoken triangle unfolds under the scrutiny of Big Eden's community, nearly everyone in town develops a stake in its outcome.
When tragedy strikes and Henry chooses to leave once again, and Pike is unable to articulate feelings which might alter Henry's course, it is ultimately the people of Big Eden that must join together in an effort to help two of their own find true happiness.
BIG EDEN is a uniquely American fable about home and family. It 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. -- © 2001 Jour de Fete Films
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Arye Gross, Tim DeKay, Louise Fletcher, Eric Schweig, Corinne Bohrer
Screenwriter: Thomas Bezucha
Producer: Jennifer Chaiken
Composer: Joseph Conlan
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 4, 2004
Reviews
Um belo elenco em uma fantasia açucaradamente otimista que, criada pelo diretor-roteirista Bezucha, é um sonho de respeito de tolerância. E, por isso mesmo, agradável de assistir.
Lackluster at 24 frames per second, Writer/Director Thomas Bezucha’s debut film, “Big Eden” is another love story about falling in love with the wrong guy, all the while not realizing the right guy is in love with you.
Too concerned with being quirky and endearing and soon runs out of local charm.
Big Eden focuses on relationships and creates a feel good fable that you won’t find in ordinary Montana life.
The characterizations are nifty, but writer/director Thomas Bezucha's stodgy direction holds the story back; there's often a sense that the camera is missing the actors' best work.
Other than this gay-friendly gimmick, Bezucha's plot is as hoary as they come.
... an innocuous fable about learning how to open oneself up to life’s possibilities ...
Echoes the mellow sensibilities of the TV series Northern Exposure.
In an age when self-acceptance and taking a hold of one's destiny is more relevant than ever, Big Eden may be the right inspirational movie for our evolving times.
Without any true motivation for this love to develop, it's hard to truly believe Bezucha's gay fairy tale.
Personally, I found it irresistible -- not great, but definitely irresistible -- and I certainly enjoyed the company of these caring, enlightened people.
Gross doesn't have the spark of a star, and most everyone else seems to hail straight from central casting.
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