An out-and-out comedy.
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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Comic, classical in form, effortless and warm.
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- GenerationofSwineon TMDB · Jan 202310/10
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, and it's that normalization that, more than any activism, helped for the Civil Rights victories we are seeing in the present. To shun it over politics is literally to bite the hand that feeds you, especially since it has a clear message that homophobia is wrong and it was movies and TV shows like this that helped bring the attitudes and views on homosexuality that everyone supports today. But, honestly, none of that matters. What matters is entertainment, that is why movies are made. Even informative movies have to have an eye towards entertaining the viewers if they want to actually be watched. An
Read the whole review on TMDB - badelfon TMDB · Oct 20257/10
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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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
Crew
- Frank OzDirector
- Paul RudnickWriter
- Rob HahnDirector of Photography
- Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel P. HanleyEditor
- John JympsonEditor
- Scott RudinProducer
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