Bobby Riley is gay – but no one really knows it. Actually, his lawyer
sister Maggie knows he is gay. And so do his live-in boyfriend Andy
(Mad TV’s Michael McDonald), and the lesbian friend he has been “dating” for the last five years.
But that is it – no one else knows his secret; not his no-nonsense
priest older brother Jack, not his married-but-enjoys-online-porn
brother Connor, and not his fun-loving closest brother Luke
(Serenity’s Nathan Fillion). To them, Bobby is just another good ole
Irish Catholic boy from Chicago, a meat-and-potatoes-and beer-guy’s
guy just like them.
When he finally decides to come out of the closet, following the
death of their father, Bobby delivers the shocking news to his
brothers with Maggie’s help. While he confronts their reaction with
hope, resignation, and a healthy dose of humor, he also realizes that
for the first time, he really can be who he is, which is whom he has
always been, and everyone can like it or not.
Writer-director and principal lead Pete Jones (winner of 2002’s
Project Greenlight, for Stolen Summer) has delivered a good-natured
meditation on acceptance, family, and friends, and the
bonds that not even the most shocking of revelations could ever
break – and we can all raise our glasses to that.
Career Synopsis
Pete Jones was an unemployed aspiring filmmaker when his script
won the Project Greenlight competition sponsored by Matt
Damon and Benaffleck. He made the film of his script, Stolen
Summer in 2002. Outing Riley is his second feature film.
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