
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Any Day Now.
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonLaugh out loud funny and heartbreaking without resorting to neat Hollywood set-ups or resolutions. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineThere's a subtle blast of righteous anger in this pointed drama, which finds present-day relevance in a true story that's more than 30 years old. |
| VarietyBoyd van HoeijA stellar performance by Alan Cumming as the cross-dressing crooner-cum-caretaker is the picture's most marketable asset. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDepictions of custody battles have become a cinematic staple, but few register with the heartfelt emotion of Any Day Now. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussIf the movie preaches to the converted, in the manner of period films about racial civil rights, it never becomes soapy or pious, thanks in part to the tart performances of Alan Cumming and Garrett Dillahunt... |
| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneIts most redeeming quality is that it isn't so quick to neuter its queer characters into a package-friendly "gay couple" aesthetic a la Modern Family. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayCumming and Dillahunt are so terrific - as is Isaac Leyva as their ward - that they pull Any Day Now up from its more maudlin and melodramatic elements. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe takeaways of the film are horror and hope: horror that institutionalized homophobia was so pervasive, hope that that intolerance is a thing of the past. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubThe biggest strength of the movie is the chemistry between Cumming and Isaac Leyva, a first-time feature film actor with Down syndrome, who does as much to make these scenes work as the experienced actors he's sharing scenes with. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterCumming's witty, golden-hearted Rudy is just one of the delights in a real heartbreaker of a film. |