Movie · Comedy · LGBTQ

Upon winning an Academy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), who he announces, before millions of viewers, is gay. This comes as news to Brackett's parents (Wilford Brimley, Debbie Reynolds), his principal (Bob Newhart) and especially his fiancée (Joan Cusack). As a media blitz descends upon on his small Indiana town, Brackett attempts to convince everyone that he's your average straight American male.

1997 · 1h 30m
Director Frank Oz

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Upon winning an Academy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), who he announces, before millions of viewers, is gay. This comes as news to Brackett's parents (Wilford Brimley, Debbie Reynolds), his principal (Bob Newhart) and especially his fiancée (Joan Cusack). As a media blitz descends upon on his small Indiana town, Brackett attempts to convince everyone that he's your average straight American male.

COMMON SENSE

Lighthearted comedy gently satirizes coming out.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7
Reviews 57
Fresh 42
Rotten 15

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1997
Run Time
1 hr 30 min
Rated
PG-13 For sexual content and some strong language.
Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Dutch , French (France) , German (Germany)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.