Review of Big Eden (2000) by Winter H — 24 Sep 2018

Big Eden is to me, the pinnacle of gay cinema. It's the movie young gay people need to see after every other gay film that sees us bullied to death or driven apart by fear or judgement. To criticize it for it's unrealistic portrayal of a small town with no homophobia to be found, is to completely miss the point - we deserve to have a movie where we get to see people like us fall in love and not be hated for it, and to see them not hate themselves.

I didn't see anything wrong with the acting, either. For the rest of my life, I don't think I'll ever be as impressed and wholeheartedly pleased with another gay romance as I am with Big Eden.

Forgive the dramatics.