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In & Out

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In & Out reviews
70
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Paul Rudnick

Directed by: Frank Oz

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 19, 1997
DVD: April 1, 2003

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language

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

When a former student's Oscar acceptance speech calls his sexuality into question, drama teacher Howard Brackett (Kline) scrambles to assert his masculinity as he prepares for his wedding.

What The Critics Said

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91

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

As a sharky, gay TV journalist investigating the story, Tom Selleck charms by playing in contrast to his own determinedly hetero persona.

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88

ReelViews James Berardinelli

This is a rare, "feel good" motion picture that doesn't insult our intelligence while making its play for our emotions.

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88

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

The butt of the hilarious and heartfelt screenplay by Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey) is homophobia, and his sting is wickedly on target.

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80

The Onion (A.V. Club) Maria Schneider

Screenwriter Paul Rudnick could be the closest thing 1990s Hollywood has to Preston Sturges, and in this era of Jim Carrey's slapstick seizures and Adam Sandler's deliberate anti-cleverness, it's a welcome thing. His In & Out is a smoothly paced, often wildly funny tale.

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80

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Hilarious ... It's dishy, but not swishy.

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80

The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

Deliver laughs and skewer a few stereotypes, thanks to extremely sly wit and a fine cast.

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78

Austin Chronicle Russell Smith

My advice: Go; see; laugh yourself silly.

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75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

The result is one of the jollier comedies of the year, a movie so mainstream that you can almost watch it backing away from confrontation, a film aimed primarily at a middle-American heterosexual audience.

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75

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Combines a celebration of tolerance with an affirmation of family and community values, and a surprising amount of laugh-out-loud hilarity.

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70

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Klein's the perfect actor to play Howard--a man so actory he probably signs his checks in that thin movie-poster type.

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70

Variety Todd McCarthy

Aside from Dillon, who brightens every scene he's in, the delightful surprise here is Selleck, who brings wonderfully mischievous, energizing and self-deprecating qualities to the role of the dirt-digging but ultimately on-the-level broadcaster.

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70

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

Kline, Debbie Reynolds (as his mom) and Tom Selleck are all wonderful. But it's the always amazing Cusack, playing the baffled Emily, who steals the film in a smooth transition from wide-eyed fiancée to possibly wronged woman, a role she essays with a perfect balance of wounded-ness and comedic aplomb.

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70

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

The movie swirls around Kline a little too much -- he's a brilliant comic actor, but he isn't allowed to cut loose as much as we'd like, to show us the slightly loony person we know is lurking beneath this ultrasane. character's veneer.

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63

San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser

Even if the movie is not a work of comic - or philosophical - genius, its existence does foretell of tolerance gaining a foothold in a largely intolerant world.

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60

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

It's not about sex -- it's about Barbra and Bette and the Village People: That's the lesson of this cheerful, mainstream comedy about tabloid TV, Hollywood sophistry and family values that finally gets discussion about gay people out of the bedroom and into the record store, where it belongs.

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50

Washington Post Desson Thomson

The movie gradually peters out.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

May provide a service by making gay issues innocuous and funny and more acceptable to a broader audience, but Rudnick's play-it-safe script and Frank Oz's antiseptic direction manage instead to trivialize the subject.

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40

Empire Darren Bignell

Far too light and reliant on the Hollywood romantic clich_ to explore its topic intelligently, and - appropriately enough - leaves Kline looking like a Muppet.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

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