the shore of Lake McDonald. Pike's general store is a building located in Swan Lake, Montana. Reception Big Eden received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 65% rating based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average rating of 5.92/10. The consensus states: "Though unrealistic, Big Eden has all the charm and sweetness of a fairy tale." On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has a score of 59 out of 100 based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". David Ehrenstein from New Times LA wrote "Has all the crowd-pleasing elements moviegoers respond to: appealing hero, absorbing story, a solid group of supporting players and a big fat happy ending." Elizabeth Weitzman from New York Daily News commented "Director Bezucha's eyes are as starry as Montana's sky, but it's pretty hard to resist such a determinedly utopian vision of love." Carla Meyer from San Francisco Chronicle wrote "It's unlikely that the whole cowboy town would really applaud all the queer goings-on, but it's a lovely sentiment in a lovely movie." Awards The film received awards and nominations from a number of independent film festivals, including a nomination for best limited release film at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2002. 2000 L.A. Outfest: Audience Award - Outstanding Narrative Feature; Grand Jury Award - Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film: Eric Schweig 2000 San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Audience Award - Best Feature 2000 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Audience Award - Favorite Narrative Feature 2000 Cleveland International Film Festival: Best American Independent Feature Film; Best Film 2001 Florida Film Festival: Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature 2001 Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: Jury Award - Best Fiction Feature 2001 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival: Audience Award - Best Feature Film or Video Soundtrack The film combines both classic and contemporary country songs, though there was no commercially released soundtrack. Tracks featured in the film are: In addition to these tracks that are or were commercially available, the film features two performances by a group called Railroad Earth. Actress Louise Fletcher also performs 'Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me' which was originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1949. Fletcher also sings the contemporary mourning ballad, Linger in Blissful Repose at Sam's funeral. The film's original score was composed by Joseph