The Truth About Jane (TV 2000)

A high-school girl's first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother's reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.

Director:

Lee Rose

Writer:

Lee Rose

Stars:

Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stockard Channing	...	Janice
Ellen Muth	...	Jane
Kelly Rowan	...	Ms. Lynn Walcott
Jenny O'Hara	...	Beth
RuPaul	...	Jimmy (as RuPaul Charles)
Noah Fleiss	...	Ned
James Naughton	...	Robert
Alicia Lagano	...	Taylor
Kacy Clark	...	Brad
Mark Siegel	...	Doctor
Erika Moore	...	Jane, age 9
Tiffany Westlie	...	Kate
Kenny McKeon	...	Grant
Michelle Lane	...	Betsy
Amy Davidson	...	Elizabeth

Storyline

Jane, a teenager, tries to deal with the realization that she is a lesbian after an intense friendship with another girl leads to her first sexual experience. Jane's mother, Janice, struggles with the revelation of her only daughter's sexuality.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | teenager | lesbian | coming out | coming of age | 

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Taglines:

One Mother's love...Her daughter's sexuality...and the truth they will face together.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az igazat Jane-ről

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hearst Entertainment Productions, Orly Adelson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Jane sits in the living room doing her homework, her brother uses a Sega gamepad, but you hear the sound of a Nintendo and his mother tells him to "turn off the Nintendo".

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Quotes

Taylor: So, how's therapy?
Jane: Sucks.
Taylor: Do you have to go again?
Jane: Yeah. My mother thinks it'll convert me.
Taylor: Heh. Believe me, if that were true, a lot of queers would flock to therapists. I mean - life would be easier if we were straight.
Taylor: But who wants easy, right? Who wants to fit into this mold? We're trailblazers - unique and to ourselves. We're special.
Jane: Yeah. We're special alright. We can't even go anywhere. Nowhere is safe.

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Connections

References The Children's Hour (1961)

User Reviews

The gay experience

I managed to see this Lifetime movie dealing with teenage homosexuality. I am a huge fan of movies dealing with homosexuality but I think this movie painted an unrealistic picture of what many gay teens have to deal with. Unlike Jane's parents, most parents of gay kids will not attend PFLAG meetings, will not have friends that they know are gay, and will not stand side by side with their kids as they deal with their children's attraction for people of the same sex. In a way I think it devalues how tortuous it is for a kid dealing with a person's coming out process in their life when almost the majority of coming out experiences are downright bad. Still, it's hard to dislike Stockard Channing, and I think she did well under the circumstances that the script presented, and I think a film like this must be seen in the context of how television is just beginning to make movies that address homosexuality. In that way, I give this film credit for at least addressing some of the difficulties of coming out.