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, 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:

lesbian | friendship | school | teenager | high school | 

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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

Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime TV Lifetime TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Verdade Sobre Jane

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?

Trivia

This movie is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Shepard. Two years later, Stockard Channing also starred in the TV movie The Matthew Shepard Story.

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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

Jimmy: Honey, I'm black and I'm gay. They hate me way more than they'll hate you.

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Connections

References The Children's Hour (1961)

User Reviews

The frightful experience of coming out

This film is based on some stilted or manipulated situations, especially those involving the glib wisdom dispensed by Jane's teacher and friends. In fact, the teacher is merely a plot device, showing up as a "deus ex machina" at exactly the right moments to help Jane.

But the plight of coming out is well portrayed and genuine.

The feeling that "no where is safe" is the terror experienced by many homosexuals, especially teens. It is good that a TV-movie like this, as pat as it is, was broadcast on Lifetime, the cable network aimed at women. I believe women can overcome the fear of homosexuality better than men who have been indoctrinated into the macho myth that fosters homophobia.