A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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Kevin Kline
Howard Brackett
Joan Cusack
Emily Montgomery
Tom Selleck
Peter Malloy
Matt Dillon
Cameron Drake
Debbie Reynolds
Berniece Brackett
Wilford Brimley
Frank Brackett
Bob Newhart
Tom Halliwell
Gregory Jbara
Walter Brackett
Shalom Harlow
Sonya
Shawn Hatosy
Jack
Director
Frank Oz
Screenplay
Paul Rudnick
Tagline
"An out-and-out comedy."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$35,000,000
Revenue
$63,900,000
Production
Paramount Pictures, Spelling Films, Scott Rudin Productions
GenerationofSwine
January 14, 2023
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 sam...
badelf
October 26, 2025
I miss the good-ole days when comedy through stereotypes was perfectly acceptable. Then, the Politically Correct vigilantes took over and the likes of Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Joan Rivers were out of a job. If you need those old-tyme, forbidden laughs, this is the film. Last of the era, man.
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