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Any Day Now

Any Day Now

Drama · 2012

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 the legal system to adopt the child.

Movie details

Any Day Now

“They made him a promise. He made them a family.”

2012 Drama 1h 37m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

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 the legal system to adopt the child.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Any Day Now?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Travis Fine

Written by

George Arthur Bloom · Travis Fine

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Rudy Donatello

Garret Dillahunt

Garret Dillahunt

Paul Fliger

I

Isaac Leyva

Marco Deison

Frances Fisher

Frances Fisher

Judge Meyerson

Gregg Henry

Gregg Henry

Lambert

Jamie Anne Allman

Jamie Anne Allman

Marianna Deison

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

DA Wilson

Court is in session

Put Any Day Now on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.