Outing Riley is a 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 comedy film

Comedy film

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 written, directed, and starring Pete Jones, about a gay man coming out

Coming out

Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....

 to his three brothers. It was screened at the 2004 Chicago International Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

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 and released on video in 2007.

Plot

Bobby Riley (Pete Jones) is a gay man in the closet, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's over 30, makes his own money, lives on his own, and is 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 Fillion
  Nathan Fillion is a Canadian actor, currently starring as Richard Castle on the ABC series Castle. He is also known for his portrayal of the lead role of Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its feature film continuation, Serenity.He has acted in traditionally distributed...
  
   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