''Outing Riley'' is a 2004

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about a

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man

coming out Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...

to his three brothers written, directed, and starring Pete Jones. It was screened at the 2004

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and released on video in 2007. The movie was subsequently renamed ''If Dad Only Knew.''

Plot

Bobby Riley (Pete Jones) is a

man in the closet, afraid to come out to his three older brothers even though he's over 30, makes his own money and lives on his own. He's being pressed by his more liberal sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell them. The death of his father and a fishing trip with his brothers provide occasions when he could tell them but he fails. The expectations of a close-knit Irish Catholic family in Chicago are hard for him to overcome. Eventually all the family's secrets are revealed - his brothers' as well as Bobby's - and the siblings all grow closer in the process.

Cast

* Pete Jones as Bobby Riley *

Nathan Fillion Nathan Christopher Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian and American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on ''Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on ''Castle''. , he sta ...

as Luke Riley * Stoney Westmoreland as Connor Riley * Dev Kennedy as Jack Riley * Michael McDonald as Andy * Julie Pearl as Maggie Riley * Bob Riley as Mr. Riley * Wendy Snyder as Smoking Woman

References

External links

* 2004 films 2004 comedy films American comedy films American LGBTQ-related films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2004 LGBTQ-related films LGBTQ-related comedy films {{2000s-US-film-stub