Any Day Now

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  • Opened December 14, 2012 
  • 1 hr 37 min
  • R | Language, Some Drug Use and Sexual Content
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. More on child suitability

  • Inspired by a true story and touching on legal and social issues that are more relevant now than ever, ANY DAY NOW tells a story of love, acceptance, and creating your own family. In the late 1970s, when Marco (Isaac Leyva), a teenager with down syndrome who’s been abandoned by his mother, is taken in by committed couple Rudy (Alan Cumming) and Paul (Garret Dillahunt), he finds in them the family he's never had. However, when their unconventional living arrangement is discovered by the authorities, Rudy and Paul must fight a biased legal system to adopt the child they have come to love as their own. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry
  • Director: Travis Fine
  • Genres: Drama

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by daveis53

This movie had a great story to tell. Too bad the over acting got in its way. The singing was absolutely horrible. Only the closing credits had a beautiful song written and sung by Rufus...

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Frank Scheck

Depictions of custody battles have become a cinematic staple, but few register with the heartfelt emotion of Any Day Now. Read full review

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Slant Magazine
| Diego Costa

Its 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. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

The 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. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Peter Hartlaub

The 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. Read full review

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Garret Dillahunt as Paul Fleiger and Alan Cumming as Rudy Donatello in "Any Day Now."