'Big Eden" is an amazingly big-hearted film. I'd seen it years ago, and frankly had just forgotten how good it is.
A prodigal son returns to his Montana hometown when his grandfather sufferes a stroke. There he is confronted by a cast of generous and quirky characters, chief among whom is his unrequited love from boyhood also freshly back home after a divorce with his two young sons in tow.
As the story goes, all the world knows about Henry, but Henry remains nearly incredulously out of touch with his place in this world. Enter a stoic and painfully shy love interest in Pike Dexter, and the cast (as fun as that of Nothern Exposure fame) twists and churns on its way to liberating Henry from his own homophobia. It's absolutely a sweet, sweet story of community and grace and hope.
My only caveat: Have your kleenex by your side.
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