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Summary
A lonely secretary leaves her family for love with a female basketball coach. But their awakening galvanizes the local conservative community, with the small-town drama permeating everywhere from the teacher’s lounge to the student body to the PTA, yet leads to unexpected love-conquers-all resolutions.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+40)
Critics 20Audiences 60GoodWatch 38
Tomatometer20%
IMDb6.0
Audience score59%
Running time
1 h 47 min
A typical length for comedies, +7 min on the typical 100
typical 100107Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1996
March 1, 1996
30 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 2
- Julia Dyer Director, Producer, Editor
- Mike Dempsey First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Gretchen Dyer Writer, Producer, Editor
Production · 5
- Jim Jerge Executive Producer
- Martha G. Little Executive Producer
- Stephen Dyer Producer
- Angus Wynne Associate Producer
- Dutch Antonisse Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Bill Schwarz Director of Photography
Sound · 4
- Brave Combo Original Music Composer
- Suzanne Ciani Original Music Composer
- Ted Pine Original Music Composer
- Byron Wilson Sound
Art · 1
- Michael McGarty Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Mattie O'Neal Costume Design
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