Plot summary
Jackie Kirk, a former child actress, catches the eye of lesbian teacher Catherine Stark (McAtee), while attending college in Bloomington, Indiana. Jackie attempts to fit in with her fellow students, who are in awe of her acting background.
After meeting at an on-campus mixer, Catherine and Jackie begin a secret and necessarily scandalous affair that draws Jackie away from college social life. Catherine and Jackie grow closer as they help each other discover more about themselves. When suddenly Jackie gets the chance to return to acting, Catherine becomes uncomfortable with their situation; she believes they would always have to hide the truth of their relationship.
Catherine tries to distance herself from Jackie, saying they were never in a formal relationship. She tries to discount Jackie as worth the risk, while Jackie claims Catherine is worth it.
At odds with her friends, Jackie gets into a fight with Sandy (Erika Heidewald), who is resentful of Jackie competing for a scholarship she doesn't need and believes that Jackie's affair with a teacher is getting her preferential treatment. Jackie slaps Sandy, who punches her in the face.
The next day Jackie shows up at Catherine's doorstep with a black eye. Catherine sees paparazzi taking pictures and quickly brings the younger woman into the house. She notices Catherine is wearing a dress and questions her. Catherine says she is going to a party but won't reveal her date. Jackie offends Catherine, by saying that she can't support herself.
Jackie stays on the couch at Catherine's house. When Catherine returns from the party, she takes her male date into her bedroom, and Jackie leaves.
She goes to a party where she can hang with her own friends and also flirts with a male friend, Zach (Ray Zupp). After Jackie leaves for L.A. to film an updated movie based on her former series, her relationship with Catherine is partially revealed. The teacher loses her job.
Months later, Jackie and Catherine are shown sleeping together one last time. They say goodbye as a formal end to their romance, and Jackie returns the next day to California and her new role.
Reception
Lesbian media site After Ellen called Bloomington a "sexy and offbeat" and "fantastic little drama." [1] The review notes that "Compared to other teacher-student romances that we’ve seen on the lesbian screen, including Mädchen in Uniform and the more recent Loving Annabelle , this is far more above-board," meaning that Jackie is a legal adult.
Queer website Autostraddle complains that by the end of the movie "nothing’s resolved and the Pandora’s box of issues that was opened in this relationship hasn’t been acknowledged by either party", adding that the action takes place "in a world where subtlety is not a concept that exists". [2]
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