While watching "Big Eden," I couldn't stop thinking about the the TV series "Northern Exposure" in that the lead characters are coming from New York City and find themselves in a small town filled with quirky characters.
One major difference: Henry Hart (Arye Gross), the lead character in "Big Eden" is not originally from NYC. He's a gay artist who needed to fly back to his home town of Big Eden, Montana to care for his sick grandfather (George Coe). While in town, Henry meets up Dean (Tim DeKay), an straight friend Henry had the hots for. Unfortunately, the feelings were not mutual and it was damaging to Henry that he needed therapy. Henry also meets Pike (Eiric Schwig), a shy, brooding and closeted Native American who runs the the town's general store.
This movie is definitely not grounded in reality. As a number of posters have indicated, what is the likelihood that anyone would find a small rural town in which the entire population is so openly gay-friendly? This movie is an ideal fantasy.
At the same time, I don't believe the words "Gay" or "Homosexual" or anything derogatory was mentioned in the entire movie.
"Big Eden" presents an interesting spin on the romantic comedy genre that I found to be irresistible. As I mentioned earlier, I thought the movie was similar in tone to the show "Northern Exposure". I can't totally believe what is being shown but I couldn't get my mind off of these very interesting, if a bit odd, supporting and lead characters.
The entire cast made me believe that there might be such a town like "Big Eden". A big thank you goes to writer/director Thomas Bezucha for seeing your story on the screen in his first film.
One major difference: Henry Hart (Arye Gross), the lead character in "Big Eden" is not originally from NYC. He's a gay artist who needed to fly back to his home town of Big Eden, Montana to care for his sick grandfather (George Coe). While in town, Henry meets up Dean (Tim DeKay), an straight friend Henry had the hots for. Unfortunately, the feelings were not mutual and it was damaging to Henry that he needed therapy. Henry also meets Pike (Eiric Schwig), a shy, brooding and closeted Native American who runs the the town's general store.
This movie is definitely not grounded in reality. As a number of posters have indicated, what is the likelihood that anyone would find a small rural town in which the entire population is so openly gay-friendly? This movie is an ideal fantasy.
At the same time, I don't believe the words "Gay" or "Homosexual" or anything derogatory was mentioned in the entire movie.
"Big Eden" presents an interesting spin on the romantic comedy genre that I found to be irresistible. As I mentioned earlier, I thought the movie was similar in tone to the show "Northern Exposure". I can't totally believe what is being shown but I couldn't get my mind off of these very interesting, if a bit odd, supporting and lead characters.
The entire cast made me believe that there might be such a town like "Big Eden". A big thank you goes to writer/director Thomas Bezucha for seeing your story on the screen in his first film.