ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

TownRootGuy If you're not anti-LGBT, this is a great movie. It has an outstanding cast AND it comes with a very serious guide to not being a sissy-man because manly-men neither dance nor laugh. It is an excellent study in the efficacy of conversion therapy. Watch it, you'll survive.This is a must see for Kline fans. I can watch this every 2 - 3 years.

Python Hyena In and Out (1997): Dir: Frank Oz / Cast: Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Bob Newhart: Intelligent comedy that is thought provoking on its views about personal identity. Kevin Kline plays a respected teacher who suffers an identity crises when a former student announces that he is gay at the Academy Awards. This gives Kline much unwanted attention since he is engaged to Joan Cusack. Enter Tom Selleck as a gay anchorman who attempts to obtain a confession from Kline on camera. The ending is ridiculous with a corny dance of celebration but Frank Oz does a splendid job at portraying the uncertainty of the professor's sexuality. Oz is a champion director of comedies having made Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and What About Bob? Excellent performance by Kline who demonstrates his frustration and inner struggle to identify who he is. Selleck is convicting as the anchorman. Joan Cusack is hilarious as a bride who weeps her frustration and anguish. Matt Dillon appears as Kline's former student now an actor who is comfortable within his sexuality. Bob Newhart plays the homophobic school principal who steals comic moments with his inability to face these issues. Very funny and often surprising comedy that might have been even better had the nonsense in the conclusion been restructured. Theme regards acceptance despite conflicting issues within one's lifestyle. Score: 8 / 10

slightlymad22 Inspired by Tom Hanks's tearful speech when he accepted his 1994 Oscar (for his role in Philadelphia), in which he mentioned his high-school drama coach Rawley Farnsworth, and his former classmate John Gilkerson, "two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with." Comes on of Hollywood's first mainstream "Gay" comedies. Plot In A Paragraph: Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is a high school teacher with an attractive fiancé named Emily and respect from everyone. Everything changes in one night when a former high school student of his, named Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon), now a famous Hollywood actor wins an Academy Award for his portrayal of a homosexual army soldier and 'outs' Howard Brackett as his inspiration for his role. The media circus immediately begins as Howard desperately keeps protesting that he is not gay and that the whole thing is a simple misunderstanding. All the cast do a great job, with the stand outs being Kevin Kline and Joan Cusack. Matt Dillon, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart, and Wilford Brimley all give great support, and are a lot of fun. Joan Cusack (Whom I have loved since I first saw "Working Girl") was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and can consider herself unlucky to lose to Kim Basinger for "L.A Confidential". The end is a bit weak, but that is only nit picking!! And it does not spoil the enjoyment of this movie.

JoeKarlosi Another of my girlfriend's DVDs I watched with her, just to placate her. The premise is that Kevin Kline plays a popular high school teacher in a very small backwards town in Indiana. He is all prepared to be married to Joan Cusack when someone (it's not important who) broadcasts on national television that the teacher is gay. Now, Kline has to try and "prove" he is heterosexual, but perhaps he may just be in denial of his homosexuality.It's pretty hard to believe this story takes place in 1997 when everyone in this Mayberry town behaves as though it's 1957. This is only a standard level comedy, though it's not too unbearable at only around ninety minutes. Kevin Kline is well cast for this part, but the best moments come from the hysterical antics of Joan Cusack (who it may be argued has never been very attractive, and yet I found her quite appealing in this film). Bob Newhart is okay as the bigoted high school principal. Tom Selleck seemed out of place to me as a gay news reporter who mentors Kline. Oh, and there is a grand, vomit-inducing, sappy happy ending at the end, which just seems phony. ** out of ****