Any Day Now.

I watched a movie recently on Netflix called Any Day Now that reduced me to a crying mess.  The movie is about a gay couple in the 70s who struggle to get custody of a fifteen-year-old boy with down syndrome.  A gay couple in the 70s would have been enough.  A down syndrome boy would have been enough.  The combination sent me over the edge, though.  The movie is touching, sad, happy, wonderful, and very well made.

Alan Cumming plays Rudy Donatello, a drag singer in a gay bar who lives in a small studio apartment.  Donatello meets lawyer Paul Fliger, played by Garret Dillahunt, and the two fall in love and move in together within a few short days.  They take in Donatello's neighbor Marco, played by the talented Isaac Leyva, and the three start the most glorious family you could ever imagine.  They are so happy!  And they make this kid, who has had a crappy life with his low-life mother, so happy!  What more could anyone ask for?  Well, it's the 70s so people are not too keen on homosexual relationships, especially when children are involved.  It doesn't matter if it's best for Marco to be with Rudy and Paul, the court system sucks and bigots suck and everyone just sucks.

The ending of this movie will rip your heart out, stomp on it, grind it into oblivion, all while you're crying your eyes out.  Just to warn you.  You might go through an entire box or two of tissues.

Garret Dillahunt is AMAZING.  He plays Burt Chance on Raising Hope.  If you haven't watched Raising Hope than I suggest you do!  It's streaming on Netflix and it's hilarious.  It's a half-hour sitcom about a poor family raising a baby and getting into all sorts of silly antics.  Dillahunt is very funny in the show but he plays serious well.  Any Day Now is a serious drama and his acting shines.  He was also in the remake of The Last House on the Left in which he plays a super creepy, horrible dude.

Then we have Alan Cumming.  Dude's been in everything.  My favorites are Spice World and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.  How can the dance scene at the end of Romy and Michele not be your favorite scene from a movie ever?

These two, with the edition of Isaac Leyva in his only role ever, makes for a great movie.  I don't even know what else to say about it.  It's just so good!  It's one of those movies that speaks to me.  I felt empowered, for some reason, while watching it.

I think you should check it out.  Right now.  Do it.  It will pull at all of your heartstrings but it's worth it.  Original, well made and acted, and streaming right now on Netflix.  Perfect!  It's also based on a true story.  You never know how much of it is true but that's always something to think about.  If the part about two people wanting this perfect child with down syndrome is true then daaaaang.  I can't even.

Here's the trailer.  Usually trailers are not good enough but this one is fantastic.  I cried, just now, watching it.  My favorite part of the entire movie is when Marco cries in his new bedroom.  Please get tissues on hand for this empowering film.  Best quote ever: "I don't see why he should be punished any more for stuff that ain't his fault."  You said in Allan Cumming! You said it.