Synopsis
In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities in interspersed with looks back at the diary of Michael Wigglesworth, a 17th-century Puritan cleric, at the 30-year love affair of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields, at Henry Gerber's attempt after World War I to establish a gay-rights organization, at Bayard Rustin's role in the civil rights movement, and at Barbara Gittings' taking on of the American Psychiatric Association's position that homosexuality is illness. One person comments, "To create a place for ourselves in the present, we have to find ourselves in the past."
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
62.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
3.1%
Critic Consensus
94.3% Fresh • 105 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 94% of 105 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, character-driven, funny. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
romanticcharacter-drivenfunnystylizeddarkemotionalvisually strikingupliftinglightheartedsuspenseful
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| George Clooney | 1998 | $3,756,000 | $7,228,000 | (est) |
| Jennifer Lopez | 1998 | $2,312,000 | $4,449,000 | (est) |
| Ving Rhames | 1998 | $1,741,000 | $3,350,000 | (est) |
| Don Cheadle | 1998 | $1,423,000 | $2,739,000 | (est) |
| Dennis Farina | 1998 | $1,217,000 | $2,343,000 | (est) |
| Albert Brooks | 1998 | $1,071,000 | $2,062,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score94.0
RT critic review count106
Rotten Tomatoes audience score74.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes210
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1998 | $9,078 | $17,471 |
| International | 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1998 | $9,078 | $17,471 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1998 | $4,539 | $8,735 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1998 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1998 | $374,000 | $719,778 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1998 | $523,000 | $1,006,534 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1998 | $75,000 | $144,340 |
| Total Revenues | 1998 | $976,539 | $1,879,388 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1998 | $250,000 (est) | $481,135 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1998 | $80,000 (est) | $153,963 (est) |
| Participations | 1998 | $20,000 | $38,491 |
| Residuals ? | 1998 | $62,000 | $119,321 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1998 | $50,000 | $96,227 |
| Total Expenses | 1998 | $462,000 | $889,137 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1998 | $514,539 | $990,251 |
Similar Movies
| Poster | Movie | Year | Match | Overall | Est. Profit |
|---|
 | Paris Is Burning | 1991 | Shared genres: 3 | 60.6 | $25,122,658 |
 | Tarnation | 2004 | Shared genres: 3 | 55.9 | $25,320,389 |
 | The Celluloid Closet | 1996 | Shared genres: 3 | 42.9 | $16,182,132 |
 | Stolen Moments | 1998 | Shared genres: 3 | 40.1 | $-1,211,128 |
 | Benjamin Smoke | 2000 | Shared genres: 3 | 39.1 | $-4,274,444 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $492,000, DVD $31,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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