IN & OUT

Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds

Paramount Pictures; Directed by Frank Oz

Rated PG-13; 92 minutes; 1997

 

Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), a small town teacher, is "outed" by a former student-turned-award-winning-actor (Matt Dillon) at the Oscars, even though Howard isn’t actually gay. Now, the woman he’s about to marry is having second thoughts, his mother is devastated when she thinks that she’ll never have grandchildren, and a gay reporter for Entertainment Tonight falls for Howard in this "out-an-out" comedy.

 

 

REVIEWS

"Two thumbs up! IN & OUT is hilarious!"

- SISKEL & EBERT

" 4 STARS, An out-and-out masterpiece! A terrific comedy."

- David Kehr, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"IN & OUT is hysterical!"

- Joel Siegel, ABC-TV

"A riotously funny, screwball comedy for the ‘90s!"

- Jack Mathews, NEWSDAY

"IN & OUT is out-and-out fun!"

- Richard Corliss, TIME

"A comedy knockout! Hilarious!"

- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

"IN & OUT is glorious! A truly funny, sophisticated, compassionate comedy."

- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Outrageously funny!"

- Pat Collins, WWOR-TV

"Screamingly funny!"

- Jeffery Lyons, NBC-TV