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Big Eden (2000)

PG-13 04/18/2000 Drama, Romance 1h 57m
63%
User
Score
7.3/10
64%
59/100

A small miracle.

Overview

Henry Hart 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, his high-school best friend for whom he still has feelings. But he's surprised when he finds that Pike, a quiet Native American who owns the local general store, may have a crush on him.

Thomas Bezucha

Director

Top Billed Cast

Arye Gross

Arye Gross

Henry Hart

Eric Schweig

Eric Schweig

Pike Dexter

Tim DeKay

Tim DeKay

Dean Stewart

Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Grace Cornwell

George Coe

George Coe

Sam Hart

Nan Martin

Nan Martin

Widow Thayer

O'Neal Compton

O'Neal Compton

Jim Soams

Corinne Bohrer

Corinne Bohrer

Anna Rudolph

Veanne Cox

Veanne Cox

Mary Margaret Bishop

Media

Big Eden 15th Anniversary Blu-ray Promo Teaser

Big Eden 15th Anniversary Blu-ray Promo Teaser

Big Eden HD trailer

Big Eden HD trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 28, 2023

Well now, what is striking about this drama is that the community deep in rural Montana appear to have no nay-sayers amongst them when it comes to the local gay folks in their community. There is no sign of any of the usual religious reticence amongst the community as Arye Gross ("Henry") returns from his successful New York existence to care for his ailing grandfather. Once there he must re-address relationships with "Dean" (Tim DeKay), his high-school crush and with "Pike" (Erik Schweig) who owns the local general store and who has been looking after his grandad. Talk about the only gay in the village - this town of about a dozen folks appears to have about a 25% rate - which only adds to the rather daftness of it all. The acting is truly wooden - except, perhaps for Nan Martin as the bu...

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