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Big Eden

PG-13

Released Apr 18, 2000

1 hr. 59 min.

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

List

64%

53 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

Henry Hart (Arye Gross) is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the small town of Big Eden, Montana, to care for him. While there, Henry hopes to strike up a romance with Dean Stewart (Tim DeKay), his high-school best friend for whom he still has feelings. But he's surprised when he finds that Pike (Eric Schweig), a quiet Native American who owns the local general store, may have a crush on him.

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Critics Consensus

Though unrealistic, Big Eden has all the charm and sweetness of a fairy tale.

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sandra m

One of the best movies of my lifetime. I have watched over and over. Definitely a feel good movie. It made me want to move there just to be around the people who lived there. And of course the views. Moving, accepting and deep it has real empathy on many levels. The only reason this movie would get a low number review is because the intimacy expressed is too much for the average person. They would give some other reason why they didn't like it but I just loved the dynamics between the characters.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Roger N

I just rediscovered this movie... I loved it when it first came out and it was even better the second time around. The topic and acting have withstood the test of time; it"s still relevant and heartfelt. Small town boy turned big city gay comes back to small town and finds love waiting for him.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/09/23

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andy n

The most boring and incomprehensible movie I have ever seen!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Watchable not memorable. Corny and predictable and purely fantastical.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Yes, it is cheesy and campy, but it's a romance movie, and that's why we watch them. This is my favorite romance movie, this beautiful small country community coming together to support each other, with the main characters all finding love and acceptance with who you are. slightly slow but life in a small town often is <3 great movie, very progressive and heartwarming

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

I have been wanting a 90's gay rom com, and this movie (released in 2000) gets pretty close to being that, although it leans more towards drama than comedy. This movie has a lot of charm, Which I think comes from the supporting cast of characters, who are all gay-friendly old white people - very surprising on a first viewing, but after which you can appreciate how sweet and important these characters are to making Big Eden feel like, well, an Eden.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Thomas Bezucha

Director

Arye Gross

Henry Hart

Eric Schweig

Pike Dexter

Tim DeKay

Dean Stewart

Louise Fletcher

Grace Cornwell

George Coe

Sam Hart

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John Leonard

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What's subversive about it is that it looks just like any other romantic comedy except that some men love other men. Imagine that: social justice, racial harmony, peaceable kingdoms, and a cup of cappuccino at the general store.

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Marrit Ingman

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Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Too concerned with being quirky and endearing and soon runs out of local charm.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 19, 2002

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Amanda Jane Stern

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There could have been a really cute movie in here, but it gets hampered down by its own clunkiness.

Apr 7, 2021

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Um belo elenco em uma fantasia aucaradamente otimista que, criada pelo diretor-roteirista Bezucha, um sonho de respeito de tolerncia. E, por isso mesmo, agradvel de assistir.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 25, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Aug 21, 2005

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Synopsis

Henry Hart (Arye Gross) is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the small town of Big Eden, Montana, to care for him. While there, Henry hopes to strike up a romance with Dean Stewart (Tim DeKay), his high-school best friend for whom he still has feelings. But he's surprised when he finds that Pike (Eric Schweig), a quiet Native American who owns the local general store, may have a crush on him.

Director: Thomas Bezucha
Screenwriter: Thomas Bezucha
Distributor: Wolfe Video, Jour de Fete Films
Production Co: Chaiken Films
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 18, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $511.2K
Sound Mix: Surround

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