Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Alan Cumming | ... | Rudy Donatello | |
Garret Dillahunt | ... | Paul Fliger | |
Isaac Leyva | ... | Marco Deison | |
Frances Fisher | ... | Judge Meyerson | |
Gregg Henry | ... | Lambert | |
Jamie Anne Allman | ... | Marianna Deison | |
Chris Mulkey | ... | DA Wilson | |
Don Franklin | ... | Lonnie Washington | |
Kelli Williams | ... | Miss Flemming | |
Alan Rachins | ... | Judge Resnick | |
Mindy Sterling | ... | Miss Mills | |
Doug Spearman | ... | Johnny Boy (as Douglas Spearman) | |
Randy Roberts | ... | PJ | |
Miracle Laurie | ... | Monica | |
Michael Nouri | ... | Miles Dubrow |
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight a biased legal system to adopt the child they have come to love as their own. Written by @anydaynowmovie
I've never been a fan of Alan Cumming, but this film has turned me around. He gives a great performance in this, and it's confounding to me why this never got a broader release. Yes, there are some flaws in the way the 70's are portrayed, and some of the characterizations are a little trite; but I thought overall the film was poignant and made its statement very effectively. Like other reviewers have mentioned, the ending was not at all what I thought it would be and took me by surprise. What stays with me after seeing the film are the brief clips of Cummings singing, in particular, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," in which he almost sounded like someone wounded. I will be buying this DVD, as I really feel like the film wasn't given much of a chance at the box office to gain the wider audience it deserved.