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Any Day Now

2012 · 97 min

A tender, heartbreaking fight for a family that leaves you aching at the injustice and warmed by the love.

Directed by
Travis Fine
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva
Tagline
They made him a promise. He made them a family.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Travis Fine
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • justice
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Travis Fine
Written by
Travis Fine, George Arthur Bloom
Starring
Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, Jamie Anne Allman, Chris Mulkey, Don Franklin
Music
Joey Newman
Cinematography
Rachel Morrison
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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