Any Day Now
A gay couple’s fragile chosen family confronts a prejudiced 1970s legal system when they try to protect an abandoned disabled teenager.
Overview
A poignant tale of love and family in the face of adversity.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- sincere
- compassionate
- reflective viewing
- social justice film night
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the film as a sincere and emotionally powerful social-justice drama, while finding its advocacy and sentiment somewhat conventional.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rudy and Paul take in Marco and pursue adoption, confronting authorities who reject their relationship and household.
The adoption and custody proceedings turn the legal system into the central obstacle to the couple's caregiving.
Marco is abandoned and dependent on adults who must protect him from an indifferent system.
Rudy and Paul’s domestic care for Marco gradually becomes the film’s central emotional bond.
Films like Any Day Now, and why
The Normal Heart
shared lgbtq+ themes, legal discrimination, intimate character drama, and emotional social-justice focus
A Single Man
shared period setting, queer identity under social prejudice, and bittersweet historical drama
Philadelphia
shared family-building conflict, institutional bias, and compassionate courtroom drama
The Kids Are All Right
shared unconventional family, child welfare conflict, and emotionally direct social drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Travis Fine
- Release Date
- 2012-12-14
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (110)
Cast
- Alan Cumming
- Garret Dillahunt
- Isaac Leyva
- Frances Fisher
- Gregg Henry
- Jamie Anne Allman
- Chris Mulkey
- Don Franklin
- Kelli Williams
- Alan Rachins
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Metrograph, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Any Day Now about?
- A gay couple’s fragile chosen family confronts a prejudiced 1970s legal system when they try to protect an abandoned disabled teenager.
- What is Any Day Now like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Any Day Now as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Any Day Now violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Any Day Now as mild.
- What did critics think of Any Day Now?
- Critics broadly viewed the film as a sincere and emotionally powerful social-justice drama, while finding its advocacy and sentiment somewhat conventional.
- Which films are like Any Day Now?
- Films with a similar feel include The Normal Heart, A Single Man, Philadelphia, and The Kids Are All Right.
- How long is Any Day Now?
- Any Day Now runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Any Day Now?
- In United States, Any Day Now streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Metrograph, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
