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It doesn't always find comfortable ground between broad comedy and social commentary, but lively performances -- especially from Kevin Kline and Joan Cusack -- enrich In & Out's mixture of laughs and sexual tolerance.
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Fast-moving and very funny. Apr 11, 2012 | Full Review…
Fast-moving and very funny.
Lisa Alspector
Actually, the funniest parts of the movie are excerpts from the film that Cameron is originally nominated for. Apr 11, 2012 | Full Review…
Actually, the funniest parts of the movie are excerpts from the film that Cameron is originally nominated for.
Desson Thomson
Basically a one-joke farce that plays around with a once-delicate subject that by now is a mainstay even on TV. Dec 1, 2008
Basically a one-joke farce that plays around with a once-delicate subject that by now is a mainstay even on TV.
Todd McCarthy
The Hollywood stuff at the beginning with Glenn Close as an Oscar presenter and Matt Dillon as a puffed-up star on the rise is as funny and as nasty as anything in Libby Gelman-Waxner's columns. Apr 27, 2007 | Full Review…
The Hollywood stuff at the beginning with Glenn Close as an Oscar presenter and Matt Dillon as a puffed-up star on the rise is as funny and as nasty as anything in Libby Gelman-Waxner's columns.
Andrew Sarris
Oz wants it both ways, though, and can't resist hammering home the message with a prolonged Spartacus-style climax quite as ludicrous as the Oscar winning film-within-the-film. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Oz wants it both ways, though, and can't resist hammering home the message with a prolonged Spartacus-style climax quite as ludicrous as the Oscar winning film-within-the-film.
For the most part, this hilarious caper's gay characters are knee-deep in the American mainstream. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
For the most part, this hilarious caper's gay characters are knee-deep in the American mainstream.
Rita Kempley
...an often painfully broad comedy that's rarely as entertaining (or as funny) as one might've anticipated. Apr 4, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
...an often painfully broad comedy that's rarely as entertaining (or as funny) as one might've anticipated.
David Nusair
Forget the inevitable carping and give credit where credit is due. Apr 11, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Forget the inevitable carping and give credit where credit is due.
Maitland McDonagh
If only it was gay in the old sense of the word. Apr 11, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
If only it was gay in the old sense of the word.
Film4 Staff
The clever screenwriter Paul Rudnick cooks up a solid script that's both wildly funny and gently satirical. Jul 6, 2010 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The clever screenwriter Paul Rudnick cooks up a solid script that's both wildly funny and gently satirical.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
In & Out is the screwball Philadelphia, a movie that contorts itself in order to indulge and then whitewash the core audience's perceived homophobia. Sep 5, 2009 | Full Review…
In & Out is the screwball Philadelphia, a movie that contorts itself in order to indulge and then whitewash the core audience's perceived homophobia.
Rob Nelson
A plain ol' enjoyable time at the movies. Jan 5, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A plain ol' enjoyable time at the movies.
Michael Dequina
A joyful and hilarious coming out of the closet party with a cant-miss list of stars. A wonderfully enjoyable movie with a magnificent performance by Kevin Kline.
Super Reviewer
Emily: Is everybody gay? Is this a Twilight Zone? "An out-and-out comedy" In & Out is one of those movies I'm in-between on. It's not a film I necessarily liked, but I also would have trouble saying it was a bad movie. As far as the film goes, it's pretty well made and features a good performance from Kevin Kline and a pretty solid supporting cast. It all seemed so dull though, and the film had very, very few truly funny moments. Howard Brackett is an English teacher who has been engaged for three years and plans on marrying her soon. When one of his former students wins the academy award for best actor, he makes an acceptance speech in which he thanks his gay teacher Mr. Brackett. This leads Howard to question his own sexuality, while the small, rural town goes crazy amidst the rumor and gossip. Will the wedding happen? Is Walter gay? And does anybody really care if he is? In & Out isn't a bad movie, it just wasn't my brand of comedy. It's worth a look if you think the story sounds interesting, and at the very least you'll see another good performance by Kevin Kline, plus one of Joan Cusack's funnier roles. In the end though, I could take this movie or leave it. It was easy to sit through, but it isn't anything I care to see again or anything I'll probably remember.
Comedy about a teacher who is outted by his ex-pupil at the Oscars! Good cast. Funny scene where the girlfriend can't use the old fashioned phone. Kevin and Matt are good at comedies. Should make more!
Cast: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley, Bob Newhart, Deborah Rush, Lewis J. Stadlen, Gregory Jbara, Shalom Harlow, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Lauren Ambrose, Alexandra Holden, Selma Blair, Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno Director: Frank Oz Summary: When dim-bulb actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) wins an Oscar for playing a gay Marine, he outs his high school drama teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), in his acceptance speech. It all comes as a surprise to Howard -- not to mention to his long-suffering fiancée, Emily (Joan Cusack). With his wedding just days away and national media descending on his town, Howard's under the gun to prove just how much of a man he is. My Thoughts: "Although the film is funny and even silly at times, it really shows how very small minded some are about Gay people. That being said, the film was fun. Kevin Kline was great as Howard. I personally enjoyed the scene where Howard is listening to a Masculine tape. Stereotypical, yes, but funny none the less."
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