Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 51
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 18
Though unrealistic, Big Eden has all the charm and sweetness of a fairy tale.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 10
Though unrealistic, Big Eden has all the charm and sweetness of a fairy tale.
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Average Rating: 3.8/5
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Arye Gross plays an up-and-coming artist who foregoes the convenience of big-city life for the charms of Montana in this drama, writer-director Thomas Bezucha's debut feature. On the eve of his first show at the Whitney Museum, Henry (Gross) hears news that his grandfather back home has had a stroke. Upon returning to his idyllic birthplace, however, Henry realizes that the old man isn't the only thing he has to tend to: There's the semi-closeted issue of his sexuality, which he longs to reveal
Jun 1, 2001 Limited
Apr 30, 2002
Jour de Fete Films
All Critics (57) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (18) | DVD (1)
Too concerned with being quirky and endearing and soon runs out of local charm.
Other than this gay-friendly gimmick, Bezucha's plot is as hoary as they come.
Echoes the mellow sensibilities of the TV series Northern Exposure.
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.
It is annoyingly preposterous, corny where it could be comedic, sappy where it could be uplifting.
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.
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.
... an innocuous fable about learning how to open oneself up to life's possibilities ...
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.
Surely one of the most genuinely sweet-natured movies around.
Without any true motivation for this love to develop, it's hard to truly believe Bezucha's gay fairy tale.
I kinda love this movie. I liked that just because it envolves a gay man, the whole movie didn't have to dumb itself down or overwhelm itself with having to be a gay movie. His grandfather has a heart attack and so he goes back home. It's not stereotypical and I genuinely enjoyed that as a movie. They also avoided
September 23, 2009Super Reviewer
Watch it for cuteness, romance, and scenery. I watched this movie more to see Arye Gross than the plot. He's a very good actor that does well in this almost too cute movie. Jessica Fletcher was a nice bonus too. Anyway the writing is kinda mediocre and the editing of the movie was odd, there was a couple places
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