In this light-hearted comedy from director Frank Oz, Kevin Kline stars as the soon-to-be-married small-town teacher who is outed by an ex-pupil-turned-Hollywood star (Matt Dillon) during his televised Oscar acceptance speech. Inspired by Tom Hanks's Philadelphia acceptance speech (in which he thanked his gay professor), this has some very funny moments as Kline, his wedding-obsessed mother (Debbie Reynolds) and surprised fiancée (Joan Cusack) struggle with the fact he may be gay, and there's a nice supporting turn from Tom Selleck as the openly gay reporter who comes to town to cover the story. Thanks to Kline's sharp but moving performance, what could have been a stereotypical or even camp role is actually a fleshed out and sensitive one.

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.