A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Acting
Joan Cusack's Oscar-nominated meltdown is legendary cinema.
Writing
The Oscars framing device is genuinely clever satire.
Costume
Kevin Kline's increasingly desperate wedding tux journey.
Director
Frank Oz
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
Zak Orth
Mike
Lauren Ambrose
Vicky
Deborah Rush
Ava Blazer
June Squibb
Cousin Gretchen
Alice Drummond
Aunt Susan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Selleck's role was written after the filmmakers saw him play gay in *In & Out*—wait, no, that's this movie. He took it specifically to subvert his Magnum P.I. macho image.
This was one of the first mainstream Hollywood comedies centered on a gay protagonist, released just months after Ellen DeGeneres' historic coming out episode. The 'gay wedding' scene caused actual protest groups to lose their minds in 1997.
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