giacomo-picozzi I saw it many times and I enjoyed even more than "The family Stone".Well, in the "family" there are good actors and a myth (Keaton), not only the very nice story but here we have something that simply conquers our hearts.The characters may be not real, but sometimes we can even dream, can't we?Please go on giving us other stories that let us think and give us joy.Ciao, Giacomop.s. does anyone know if there is any chance to buy somewhere the script or the novel written by Thomas Bezucha? Thanks to let me know, Giacomo

roger-640 I've seen some stupid movies in my day, but this is about the sorriest. No nuance anywhere. The makers of this movie are culturally tone-deaf. To take an stereotypically Jewish man and pretend that he comes from these obviously non-Jewish people. To have him even spout Yiddishisms among them. To have a kind of church concocted by someone who can't ever have been in a church (it has crucifixes and tabernacle complete with sanctuary candle burning -- marks of Catholicism --, but a minister in business-suit and choir and soloist performing as in evangelical meetings).As a mature gay man full of experience, I can say that I recognize none of the romantic/sexual situations that are presented. The boring, boring, sullen, rude main character and his graceless treatment of people (more acceptable in certain social circles in New York City -- where I live -- to be sure, but not tolerated in close-knit rural communities). Not one emotion, not one personal encounter rings true. I wanted to slap the "hero" over and over and, in real life, the other characters would have done it for me.

Harri85274 I caught this last night on the Logo channel and although it held my interest mildly, mainly because of the photography, I found it very disappointing. What Utopia city is this suppose to be? Obvious it was written most likely by a gay person, who was 'looking' for his 'wizard of oz"...a town where every male and female was so open minded towards the trials of a squeamish looking gay man, whom everyone loved...and wanted to make him stay and live happily ever after with a lover. Yes, Dorothy 'there is no place like home"...for certain people only. BTW, I probably slept through the part where they had mentioned how his best friend had 2 sons. Were they adopted? Was he a divorced man? I never saw his 'wife', and yet there were so many females in this movie, it all came down to 'whose who". No satisfactory way to introduce the characters, in my opinion.

LouE15 All right, so I'm a romantic fool; but it doesn't deprive me of a critical faculty. Bypassing the unlikely scenario (an easy tolerance and compassionate understanding of same-sex relationships in a remote Montana community? Yes, you heard.)…if those who judged harshly were to apply the same rigorous standards to any number of anodyne, big-screen productions featuring opposite-sex couplings that defy the bounds of logic or reality, we'd see far fewer films. But until unlikely scenarios are censored altogether, I'm happy enough to suspend my disbelief, sit back and enjoy a very special kind of candy for the soul.The story features a love triangle involving three men; played with great integrity and feeling by Arye Gross, Tim DeKay and Eric Schweig. A lonely New York artist finds the answers to his questions – not all of them welcome or expected – when accident sends him back to the place of his boyhood. Fledgling love – and healing – is helped on its way by interfering but kindly locals, with fleshed out characters and lives that are not altogether cartoon-like.That one of the three leads happens to be American Indian is entirely incidental to the plot, but meaningful given their noticeable absence from the wider American cinema. Haven't we had enough of seeing Indians in American films only when they're running around in breechclouts? I'm sick to death of films which continue to pretend that our (modern) world consists only of straight white people, peppered with a sprinkling of token gay men who talk only in grotesquely exaggerated sibilant asides. How different are the undemonstrative gay and straight men at the heart of "Big Eden", even granted its 'magical-realist' premise. Some clumsy storytelling and weak dialogue are offset by considerable charm, beautiful scenery and a fantastic soundtrack filled with great, off-beat country tunes. Despite its flaws, "Big Eden" didn't win numerous festival awards for being irredeemable tosh. All three lead actors do good work; but I'd single out Eric Schweig for particular praise. His cripplingly shy Pike Dexter overcomes his own shyness, and learns to show his love through cooking. He ably demonstrates his character's emotional journey, despite minimal dialogue – as indeed he did so effectively in another, much younger incarnation as Uncas in "Last of the Mohicans".If such a world as this should ever exist, I'd really want to live in it. Consider this a fine beginning; a sea change. Until the revolution comes, I'll settle for watching it, charmingly imagined in loving detail by Thomas Bezuka. Bravo.