An out-and-out comedy.

Starring: Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley, Shalom Harlow, Bob Newhart

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"One day, I just snapped. I just got tired of switching pronouns and remembering to lower my voice, and I couldn't take lying to the people I love. Does that sound familiar?" - Peter Malloy

Why watch this? We need more films like this to decrease the ignorant bigotry that exists.

Plot Summary: A high school teacher in a small town has his life turned upside down when a former student, now a famous actor, thanks him in his Oscar acceptance speech and publicly declares him to be gay. This unexpected revelation sends the teacher, who is engaged to be married in a week, into a comical and tumultuous period of self-discovery and denial, as the media descends upon his town and his sexuality becomes the subject of scrutiny. As the wedding day approaches, the teacher grapples with the pressure to prove his heterosexuality to his family, friends, and the public, while a charming openly gay reporter complicates matters further.

Dad's Preview: This superb comedy strives to bring the subject of homosexuality forward, and dare I say, make it mainstream. This is a good thing, folks. Though a comedy, the film does walk the thin line between lightness and social commentary. Kline is excellent, but Joan Cusack steals the film as the fiancé jilted by the film's surprising revelation.

Spelling Films; Paramount Pictures