The Truth About Jane
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Movie Reviews of The Truth About Jane
Movie Review: zzzzzzz I slept through this one
Summary: 1 Stars
This played like an after school special. It was contrived and predictable and the screenwriting was so awful I think who ever wrote this needs to take english 101 or talk to people and see how they really communicate. The subject could have been done so much better especially in light of the great acting talent in the film....unfortunetly material was lacking and the director must have been at lunch...perhaps worth seeing for the coming out aspects and to see Stockard Channing and the actress playing the school teacher...see it for that, but as a movie it only gets 1 starMovie Review: After School Special
Summary: 2 Stars
The subject of the movie is good, as is the message of tolerance but the delivery is painstakingly awful. The movie is trite and poorly acted. This just seems like a bad after school special which simply drags on for an hour and a half. Stockard Channing I enjoy highly in other films like "Six Degrees of Separation" but in this film she just seems to be making the best of the script which is a daunting task. There are better films that bring forth the same message and better capture the essence of the "out casting". I would recommend "Show Me Love" a Swedish film that does a far better job of telling a not too dissimilar story.Movie Review: Wonderful Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie very close to my own life. I saw this when I first came out of the closet, and it was a great help to me when I was going through the same things.Movie Review: Diversity
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked this movie up, because of the director/writer Lee Rose. I have always enjoyed her work and that of Stockard Channing. I was amazed at how this movie touched me. Clearly, Ms. Rose is writing from experience, the coming out issues raised in the movie are both believably written and acted. I only wish that the message of acceptance gets out and our rich diverse culture of loving people can be empowered. Love your work in telling women's stories, Ms. Rose!Movie Review: It's like an afterschool special
Summary: 3 Stars
Basically, this was an afterschool special, only better.The Truth About Jane is a heavy-handed coming-out story without any trace of subtlety. The movie starts with a clumsy love affair between Jane and a girl at high school, progresses through her parents going psycho, and finally turns into an ad for PFLAG. Throw in a few glitzy commercials for PFLAG ("PFLAG! It will make your life better!") and it would have been a great spoof of, well, itself.
The acting was acceptable, but the script in general was pretty poor. Every scene was completely formulaic, but somehow, the part of the formula where you learn about peoples' feelings seems to have been left out, leaving us with cardboard cutouts yelling at each other.
But all is not lost! This movie had a few good moments. When Jane beats up her snotty little brother, yeah! That was quality sibling pounding!
Three stars, for the sibling smackdown. This would be a good movie to sit annoying people in front of for "educational" purposes, since it won't confuse them with subtlety or too much of that incomprehensible high-brow plotifying and stuff.
If you want entertainment, watch Show Me Love (F**king Amal to the rest of the world) instead.