paul rudnick (jeffrey and addams family values) wrote this frothy tale of a mild mannered school teacher (kevin kline) who is outted on the academy awards by a former student turned actor (matt dillon). the rest of the film deals with the absurdities revolving around this setup the effect on the town and his fiancee (joan cusack) and himself and climaxes with an everybody loves everybody finale. if youre an angry gay rights activist or a naive youth looking for an accurate portrayal of a man struggle to come out or a true depiction of gay life and then save yourself the trouble and rent something else (maybe beautiful thing) or read a book (giovanni room). if you are able to understand that this film was inspired by the piousness of tom hanks speech on the academy awards when he won for philadelphia and pokes fun at hollywood culture and small town ignorance and you have a fondness for 30 screwball comedy (bringing up baby and holiday and the palm beach story) then enjoy. far from being a biting satire and the film tries for the exuberance of a preston sturges farce and comes damn close. no and it not wouldeep or powerful neither were romy and michelle and 9 to 5 and or young frankenstein and it doesn not pretend to be while it keeps it tongue firmly in cheek. it gets too preachy and maudlin for its own good toward the end and sure some of the jokes are a bit stale (there also a locker room scene that could have been cut) but after sitting through countless comedies that misfire and it like a breath of fresh air. kevin kline and tom selleck are wonderfully game while debbie reynolds and wilford brimley add fine support. the excellent joan cusack award winning performance is stellar and the great bob newhart is and well and bob newhart. the fact that many have been offended by in and out is as absurd as the mentality of the townsfolk it pokes fun at while personally and i was more offended by philadelphia. i will take harmless fluff over sanctimoniousness anytime. 
paul rudnick (jeffrey and addams family values) wrote this frothy tale of a mild mannered school teacher (kevin kline) who is outted on the academy awards by a former student turned actor (matt dillon). the rest of the film deals with the absurdities revolving around this setup the effect on the town and his fiancee (joan cusack) and himself and climaxes with an everybody loves everybody finale. if youre an angry gay rights activist or a naive youth looking for an accurate portrayal of a man struggle to come out or a true depiction of gay life and then save yourself the trouble and rent something else (maybe beautiful thing) or read a book (giovanni room). if you are able to understand that this film was inspired by the piousness of tom hanks speech on the academy awards when he won for philadelphia and pokes fun at hollywood culture and small town ignorance and you have a fondness for 30 screwball comedy (bringing up baby and holiday and the palm beach story) then enjoy. far from being a biting satire and the film tries for the exuberance of a preston sturges farce and comes damn close. no and it not wouldeep or powerful neither were romy and michelle and 9 to 5 and or young frankenstein and it doesn not pretend to be while it keeps it tongue firmly in cheek. it gets too preachy and maudlin for its own good toward the end and sure some of the jokes are a bit stale (there also a locker room scene that could have been cut) but after sitting through countless comedies that misfire and it like a breath of fresh air. kevin kline and tom selleck are wonderfully game while debbie reynolds and wilford brimley add fine support. the excellent joan cusack award winning performance is stellar and the great bob newhart is and well and bob newhart. the fact that many have been offended by in and out is as absurd as the mentality of the townsfolk it pokes fun at while personally and i was more offended by philadelphia. i will take harmless fluff over sanctimoniousness anytime. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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