Starring: Alan Cumming, Garrett Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva
Rudy Donatello (Cumming) is an openly gay drag artist and
aspiring singer working in a gay bar in Hollywood when he begins a relationship
with closeted lawyer, Paul Filger. When Rudy's drug abusing neighbour (Jamie
Anne Allman) is put in prison on drugs charges, Rudy takes in his neighbour's
son, Marco (Leyva) who has Down Syndrome and is often neglected. Rudy and Paul
begin to care for Marco as a son, but when the local authorities try to take
Marco into care, Rudy and Paul fight for the opportunity to care for Marco.
A very moving drama, Any Day Now largely succeeds from
its stirring screenplay and great performances. Alan Cumming makes a powerful
and emotional presence as the flamboyant yet compassionate Rudy, even if the
Scottish actor's typical flair for accents fails him a little at times and
there's some great supporting work from Garrett Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva and Don
Franklin. Of course, the film having the subject matter that it does, is very
forthright and may not play well to those who disagree with the film's message
and the film could've done with being longer and establishing the home life
between the three leads better, but as it is, Imfound it a very beautiful and
compassionate film.
Next time, a kidnapping turns two people closer to one
another until they start bonding as one in the experimental science-fiction
film, Upstream Colour.
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