The Truth About Jane (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 (Ellen Muth), 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 (Stockard Channing), struggles with the revelation of her only daughter's sexuality.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian sex | girlfriend girlfriend relationship | lesbian relationship | lesbian kiss | lesbian | 

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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 | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The high school scenes of this movie were done at Cesar Chavez High School in Laveen Village, Arizona.

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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. 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

Close to Home

I recently taped this movie off of Lifetime and as I was watching it, I was amazed at home closely Jane's home and personal experiences reminded me of my own coming out. As I was watching the video, the story was so powerful and personal that I had to turn it off at times to take a moment. The acting in the movie was great. Stockard Channing, as always, proved to be a stunning actress with a stellar performance. The young actress who played Jane, Ellen Muth, proved herself with a hard emotionally demanding dramatic performance. I hope to see more from her in the future. Kelly Rowan, who played the teacher was beautiful as always. Her performance was great, but I agree with with other users that her character was always appearing on the scene at "the right time" a little too much. Overall, I thought the movie was great. A must see for friends and family of all homosexuals. Everyone for that matter. A wonderful Coming Out movie!

Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime TV Lifetime TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Truth About Jane

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hearst Entertainment Productions, Orly Adelson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color