🎬 Everything Relative

The film follows a tight-knit circle of seven college friends, primarily lesbian and progressive women, who spent the 1970s operating as passionate, radical campus activists. Now, roughly fifteen years later in the mid-1990s, the group reunites for a long weekend in the suburbs of New York. The catalyst for this major get-together is a joyous milestone: one of the couples within the group, Katie (Monica Bell) and Josie (Ellen McLaughlin), have recently adopted a baby boy and are hosting a traditional bris ceremony.

As the weekend unfolds, the initial warmth of nostalgic catching-up gives way to complex psychological layers. The gathering forces each woman to measure their youthful, idealistic dreams against the realities of middle-aged compromise. The friends navigate varying personal battlegrounds: some wrestle with corporate assimilation, others face relationship stagnation, career fatigue, or the ongoing hurdles of queer parenthood. When an unexpected romantic friction sparks between long-time friends, decades of buried secrets and unresolved tensions rise to the surface. Ultimately, the film moves through a blend of witty banter and earnest confrontation, serving as a heartfelt analysis of time, aging, and the enduring strength of queer chosen family.

💡 Did you know?
The Big Chill of Sapphic Cinema: Following its premiere at Sundance, the indie feature was widely nicknamed "The Lesbian Big Chill" by critics and festival crowds due to its identical narrative premise of middle-aged 70s radicals reunites to evaluate their adult lives.

A Queer Theater Icon Cameo: The film features a hilarious, unforgettable cameo by legendary Broadway actor, playwright, and LGBTQ+ icon Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy). Fierstein portrays the highly stressed, comedic mohel brought in to perform the baby's traditional circumcision ceremony.

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