Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Great acting, probably it's Alan Cunning's best performance ever. Simple and straightforward with no other exaggeration words or actions makes the acting/love more pure between the gay parents in a gay family. Don't think this move cliché. It's not another gay adaption issue with the setting in '70s. On the contrary, it gives us, at least me, a more clear picture/argument that why gay parents can't adopt a child-- if gay parents are really the source of bad influence to children, why we still have so much violence, crime and hatred in a world whose members are definitely mostly straight people. And those criminals behind the bar are raised by straight people too. It's just nothing but the power exchange/dominance, which is especially clear in the court defense. Back to the movie. I do think that the kid, Marco, should play a bigger role, which may increase the judges' injustice and bias. I appreciate Paul's fighting in the court and caring in daily life, but need more explicit affection towards Marco. and the way it describe the kid's life may ease the tension ( say, it should raise the tension between pro-gay adoption and con-gay adoption). But it still depends on how wise the audience are if their attitude towards gay adoption would change because of this movie. The last point is the soundtrack. It's amazing. even better than the original. Must have if you have chance.

This has so much potential, but much in the same way as Sean Penn's "Into the Wild", it lays on so much sentimentality that it becomes risible (slow-mo turning heads to show pain, cheesy music when you're meant to feel sad, TERRIBLE OTT montage to show the progression of the relationship between the child and new parents). In the hands of a more experienced director, who would have allowed the powerful story to speak for itself, instead of piling on the amateur gimmicks, this would've been amazing. Instead, I'd say it's a bona-fide box of tissues, ice-cream schmaltz-fest to be tolerated by only the most "sex-in-the-city" of audiences.

This film is about a gay couple who fights the legal system to get custody of a mentally handicapped child in the USA in 1970's."Any Day Now" tells a touching story about how two gay men fall in love with each other, and their love extends to a mentally retarded child who is left alone because his mother is sentenced to prison for drug related offence. The film couple becomes loving and caring parents to an underprivileged child, despite the discrimination of the conservative society. This selfless and unconditional love is quite touching in itself, but what is more touching is their solid determination to fight against systematic discrimination and injustice.I am glad that this film is made, so that this story, together with their activist spirit, reaches a wider audience. Hopefully, someone somewhere is inspired by this couple, and will stand up against injustice like they did.

I watched the movie because I admire the work of Alan Cumming, and yes, he was (as always) brilliant as the singer---think Garbo doing Camille but with a five o'clock shadow. He is so completely lovable from moment one that his relationship with the lawyer is 100% believable.What bothers me about the film is not anything contained within the film. I loved that it did not have the ending that Hollywood has lead us to expect such films to have. I loved that it was realistic. I loved that it celebrated love.What I am curious about is why is this a "little" film? Given the timeliness of its subject matter, I would have expected it to receive more mainstream attention. Is mainstream American film criticism still uneasy at the thought of a gay couple raising a kid? Why don't we have any openly gay leading actors in the U.S.? What is wrong with our country? Once upon a time, back in the 70s when I was growing up, everyone was "bi", regardless of who you slept with. How did we end up going back in time?