Late Bloomers

6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 11, 1999, Caravan of Dreams theater

This Dallas-made romantic comedy centers on what happens when two middle-aged women accidentally fall in love ... with each other. At Eleanor B. Roosevelt High School, nothing is out of the ordinary ­ the teachers are nerdy, the students are horny and the principal has a proverb for every occasion. But this average suburban community is about to be set on its collective ear, because Dinah Groshardt, the lonely, laughable geometry teacher, and Carly Lumpkin, frumpy school secretary and housewife, fall in love.

The uproar reverberates from classroom to cafeteria, from bedroom to locker room, from principal's office to the PTA, as parents, teachers and students of Roosevelt High confront their prejudices, and Carly and Dinah discover a midlife passion that puts the adolescents to shame. Writer Gretchen and director Julia Dyer have created a touching love story that has charmed audiences worldwide. It also proves that three siblings can make a movie together without killing each other. Rated R. USA, 1995, 104 min., color.

Director: Julia Dyer; Producers: Gretchen Dyer, Stephen Dyer, Julie Dyer; Writer: Gretchen Dyer; Starring: Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan, Gary Carter, Lisa Peterson, Esteban Powell

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