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10/09/1997 Comedy 1h 30m
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An out-and-out comedy.

Overview

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

  1. Frank Oz

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kevin Kline

    Howard Brackett

  2. Joan Cusack

    Emily Montgomery

  3. Tom Selleck

    Peter Malloy

  4. Matt Dillon

    Cameron Drake

  5. Debbie Reynolds

    Berniece Brackett

  6. Wilford Brimley

    Frank Brackett

  7. Bob Newhart

    Tom Halliwell

  8. Gregory Jbara

    Walter Brackett

  9. Shalom Harlow

    Sonya

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14
The movie is hysterical, it really is a funny film, and one that tries its best to stand up for Gay Rights back in the late 90s when Don't Ask Don't Tell was the height of Gay Rights.

Unfortunately people are reviewing this with an eye to the present and claiming that it stereotypes Gay men, and it does to an extent, but I do believe that a lot of the single star reviews would have made the same complaint no matter what they did with the lead character.

The fact is, for its time, for its era, it was part of the wave of films and TV shows that helped to normalize homosexuality in America,...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$63,900,000.00

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