Synopsis
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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Cast
- Kevin KlineHoward Brackett
- Joan CusackEmily Montgomery
- Tom SelleckPeter Malloy
- Matt DillonCameron Drake
- Debbie ReynoldsBerniece Brackett
- Wilford BrimleyFrank Brackett
- Bob NewhartTom Halliwell
- Gregory JbaraWalter Brackett
- Shalom HarlowSonya
- Shawn HatosyJack
Recommendations
- 88
ReelViews
This is a rare, "feel good" motion picture that doesn't insult our intelligence while making its play for our emotions. - 88
Rolling Stone
The butt of the hilarious and heartfelt screenplay by Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey) is homophobia, and his sting is wickedly on target. - 80
The New York Times
Deliver laughs and skewer a few stereotypes, thanks to extremely sly wit and a fine cast. - 78
Austin Chronicle
My advice: Go; see; laugh yourself silly. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The result is one of the jollier comedies of the year, a movie so mainstream that you can almost watch it backing away from confrontation, a film aimed primarily at a middle-American heterosexual audience. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Combines a celebration of tolerance with an affirmation of family and community values, and a surprising amount of laugh-out-loud hilarity. - 70
Salon
The movie swirls around Kline a little too much -- he's a brilliant comic actor, but he isn't allowed to cut loose as much as we'd like, to show us the slightly loony person we know is lurking beneath this ultrasane. character's veneer. - 63
San Francisco Examiner
Even if the movie is not a work of comic - or philosophical - genius, its existence does foretell of tolerance gaining a foothold in a largely intolerant world.
