bigeden

SYNOPSIS - THE BIG EDEN
A highly romantic gay fairy tale set in
Montana, of all places!!

REVIEW

This warm and cuddly film tells a
traditional tale of the triangulated
relationship with several new spins.
There's the gay artist Henry Hart; he
loves the waspishly handsome and
sexually confused Dean Stewart; and
then there’s Pike who pines secretly
for Henry. Twenty years ago a gay
romance set in a small town would
have been unthinkable - now it's
celebrated in Thomas Bezucha's debut
film, Big Eden. In fact, it seems a little
far fetched that these small town
residents would be so comfortable with
gay romance. Our story begins when
Henry is called back to his hometown,
Big Eden, Montana, after his
grandfather falls ill. Once there, he
reunites with Dean, his high school
crush, whose conflicted heterosexuality
motivated Henry’s fleeing and years of
therapy. While this old crush flares
again, the quiet, shy Native American
owner of Big Eden’s general store,
Pike Dexter, has his eyes on the big-
city returnee. Pike teaches himself to
cook and starts preparing gourmet
meals for the recuperating grand-dad
and the desired grandson. Rich, funny,
but never cartoonish performances are
delivered by Arye Gross as Henry, Eric
Schweig as Pike, and Louise Fletcher
(Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over
the Cukoo's Nest) doing a wonderful
turn as Grace, a family friend. A fine
film with a great, big heart - but it's
really a fairy tale.