Any Day Now (2012)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 10
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 6
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.9/5
User Ratings: 2,893
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Inspired by a true story and touching on legal and social issues that are more relevant now than ever, ANY DAY NOW tells a story of love, acceptance, and creating your own family. In the late 1970s, when Marco (Isaac Leyva), a teenager with down syndrome who's been abandoned by his mother, is taken in by committed couple Rudy (Alan Cumming) and Paul (Garret Dillahunt), he finds in them the family he's never had. However, when their unconventional living arrangement is discovered by the
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Cast
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Alan Cumming
Rudy, Rudy Donatello -
Garret Dillahunt
Paul, Paul Fleiger -
Isaac Leyva
Marco, Marco Deleon -
Frances Fisher
Judge Meyerson -
Gregg Henry
Lambert, Mulkey -
Chris Mulkey
DA Wilson -
Don Franklin
Lonnie, Lonnie Washingt... -
Jamie Anne Allman
Marianna Deleon -
Kelli Williams
Miss Fleming -
Alan Rachins
Judge Resnick -
Mindy Sterling
Miss Mills -
Doug Spearman
Johnny Boy -
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Miracle Laurie
Monica -
Michael Nouri
Miles Dubrow -
Jeffrey Pierce
Officer Plitt -
Louis Lombardi
Mr. Blum -
Donna W. Scott
Kelly Wilson -
Clyde Kusatsu
Dr. Nakahura -
Anne O'Shea
Mrs. Lowell -
Joe Howard
Dr. Watkins -
Kirk Fox
Beaux -
Ezra Buzzington
Larry -
Kamala Lopez
Agent Martinez -
Edward James Gage
Saergent Johnson -
Randy Thompson
Coco
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All Critics (44) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (10)
Too much of "Any Day Now" founders in cliche and predictable table-turning and point-scoring instead of building a set of complicated characters at odds with a biased system.
Top CriticSwitches between a few primary modes -- agenda-mentary, romance, courtroom drama, tearjerker -- without engaging very convincingly in any of them.
Generally abysmal.
Gets its point across, and its sad drama. And it spotlights a marvelous performance by Alan Cumming.
Cumming is wonderful, and you know something? Trying a little understanding sure doesn't hurt.
There's no denying the power of Cumming, Leyva and Dillahunt's performances, nor the tragedy and injustice of the situation.
"Any Day Now" has so many ways to break your heart that it seems less a question whether Travis Fine's indie drama will do it, but how.
Lives down to expectations far too often.
A melodramatic but sincere film overflowing with both compassion and exasperation.
A warmly captured, nicely acted period piece social-issue drama that cycles through familiar territory but also deftly sidesteps conventional wisdom about where it may end up.
There's joy in the small moments and fierce, humanist dignity in Alan Cumming's performance.
I didn't buy anything in this mindnumbingly tedious "message" film.
The growing community of gay parents deserves a better reflection of their struggles than a kitschy "Kramer vs. Kramer."
The best thing about "Any Day Now" is how unpreachy it is.
A Very Special Movie approach for material that deserves nuance and patience, relying on shameless manipulation to communicate simple ideas on prejudice and parenting.
This poignant if overly sentimental twist on the child-custody drama transcends some of its melodramatic trappings.
This gay custody-battle drama beautifully delivers on every level, especially emotionally.
Though set in 1979 West Hollywood, its themes echo loudly in today's courtrooms as well through compelling characters and an unrelenting narrative.
What might have been a typical exercise in socially conscious messaging [becomes] a...touching human drama.
Drama about parenting, discrimination is moving but clunky.
Two gay men try to adopt a teenager no one else wants
Sweet but ultimately heart-wrenching. (Includes interview with star Garret Dillahunt.)
Audience Reviews for Any Day Now
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- Rudy: Marco didn't ask to be born to a junkie, he didn't ask to be different.
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- Rudy: Oh it's the oldest story in the book... Boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy kicks open the closet door and finally, meets Mr. Right.
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