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Bridegroom

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After his beloved partner, Tom, dies from injuries suffered in a fall, Shane Bitney Crone is barred from the funeral by Tom's family.
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Leonard Maltin leonardmaltin.com 10/18/2013
Bloodworth Thomason's film is effective because it tells one couple's story and allows it to implicitly represent thousands of others. Go to Full Review
Peter Debruge Variety 10/17/2013
Super-lo-fi yet highly emotional. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 10/17/2013
This deeply moving documentary will melt the heart of anyone who sees it. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/04/2020
3.5/4.0
One of the year's most genuinely moving and thought-provoking documentary features. Go to Full Review
Carla Renata The Curvy Film Critic 06/09/2020
Bridegroom is an heartbreaking doc illustrating a fairy-tale that is never fully realized. A cautionary tale regarding the legalities and discrimination of same-sex relationships when one-half of the relationship faces dire circumstances. Excellent film! Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/03/2014
B
Moving documentary. Go to Full Review
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05/12/2019 A true story that sends a message. True stories don't always bend to what movie reviewers expect out of a movie. If one loses a husband or wife and then is prevented from any further attachment -- which is not the experience of the typical movie reviewer -- you will come out with a very different and much more deep feeling concerning these matters. Yes, others don't care if this man died or not. That's been true since the dawn of time. But in telling his story, it can be told in only one basic way. This is the story -- and it's true. See more 05/01/2019 Great documentary. Surreal experience of the realit for homosexual couples in 2013. See more 03/04/2017 Due to the unexpected death of one of them, the one who lives now relates the joy of having lived at his side and the pain and other consequences that his death has brought him. Beyond that the documentary tries nothing more than to get its audience to fall sentimental and hurt before what it observes. Intolerance, discrimination and overcoming are the issues that, through a poignant narrative are explained, but the documentary becomes slow, self indulgent and dripping on several times. 73/100 See more 01/13/2017 EXTREMELY touching, moving and a must see for everyone! See more 10/15/2016 Really sad and the tomparents really are bad parent especially fuck way hate the bridegroom from Indiana See more 08/06/2016 A friend told me about this and now I hate her. It made me cry so much. If you you honk gay marriage is just about a ring, please watch this. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After his beloved partner, Tom, dies from injuries suffered in a fall, Shane Bitney Crone is barred from the funeral by Tom's family.
Director
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Producer
Shane Bitney Crone, Allen Crowe, Harry Thomason, Douglas Jackson, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Igor Zeiger
Screenwriter
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Distributor
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Rating
R (Some Language)
Genre
Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 20, 2014
Runtime
1h 19m
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