- Drama
- 97 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes78%Metacritic60IMDb7.4
They made him a promise. He made them a family.
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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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Alan CummingRudy Donatello
- Garret DillahuntPaul Fliger
- Isaac LeyvaMarco Deison
- Frances FisherJudge Meyerson
- Gregg HenryLambert
- Jamie Anne AllmanMarianna Deison
- Chris MulkeyDA Wilson
- Don FranklinLonnie Washington
- Kelli WilliamsMiss Flemming
- Alan RachinsJudge Resnick
Crew
- Travis FineDirector
- Travis FineWriter
- George Arthur BloomWriter
- Rachel MorrisonDirector of Photography
- Joey NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Tom CrossEditor
- Travis FineProducer
- Liam FinnProducer
- Kristine FineProducer
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