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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Great!,
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This review is from: Big Eden [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
Most 'Gay Cinema' seems to deal with one of three main themes - being a drag queen; living with HIV/ dying of AIDS related illness; or dealing with an often painful/ traumatic coming out - first love scenario. All very worthy, but getting a bit boring quite honestly.
So how refreshing to see Big Eden. The film concerns a successful (in terms of career, not love) artist, Henry Hart who is asked to return to his small home town in rural Montana - Big Eden - to help with his sick grandfather. He is unwilling to return in part because of his successful career, but in truth he uses this as an excuse not to go back so as to avoid painful memories. Of course he does return and so begins a new awakening for him, though perhaps re-awakening would be a better term to use. Having returned to Big eden he finds that the focus of his adolescent first, an un-requited love, has also returned to town with his two sons. He also strikes up a re-aquaintance with the painfully shy Pike, a local Native American storekeeper. Henry Hart re-adjusts to the slow and easy-going pace of life in Big Eden where people are just busy being nice and helpful to each other. The story develops and different aspects of the different characters emerge each with their own concerns and complexities. Henry slowly realises that the concern people have for him is not born out of a need for gossip, but genuine affection. He eventually manages to put the past behind him and finds love in probably the most unexpected quarter. Ok, so it's probably not like real life because in real life the lovely group of men who hang around Pike's store would be more likely to beat Henry up than embrace him as a member of their community. Perhaps though, that's where the beauty of Big Eden lies, it's a 'might be, should be' place that all of us want at some level - unconditional acceptance of who we are and who we choose to love. There are some great characters in this. I've already mentioned the chaps who hang around the store and Pike; but the grandfather is great and the Widow Thayer is not to be missed!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A beautiful gem!,
By Suave (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Eden [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
This is a fantastic film (5 stars) and I really hope that this director would make more films like this in the future. The music is wonderful and the action, photography and the whole cast is sewed together like a beautiful quilt. It completely takes on a new meaning of our sexuality. This story is full of optimism,love,laughter and friendship and I highly recommend this film to both gay and straight audience. When love speaks out, it transends all human beings no matter what their sexualities are. I hope this film will inspire many loving spirits ("People who need people are the luckiest people") and eventually people in our community would accept broader understanding of attraction, acceptance and love like Big Eden.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A surprisingly delightful film,
By Hector Warrington "Hector" (Datça, Turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Eden [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
From the start there is the feeling with this film that it is made by a whole group of people who really care about it. 'Big Eden' is a kind of humane never-never land, where people really seem to care about one another and where the question of whether you're gay or straight is irrelevant. There are charming surprising scenes, where people you would least expect it from display amazing sensitivity. Ayre Gross plays the principal protaganist Henry Hunt - his acting is delicate, detailed, credible - but the characters and the acting are generally a joy. All against a backdrop of the stunningly beautiful Montana landscape. Don't tell me that the makers of Brokeback Mountain had not seen this film before they made theirs! Anyone who had their eyes opened by that bigger budget, more highly publicised film, will certainly love this one.
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