Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 05/23/2003(USA)
Release Date: 10/07/2003
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Lots of people have misgiving about their in-laws, but in this offbeat
comedy, a man discovers that his new son-in-law's father is significantly stranger than he's able to deal with.
Jerry Peyser (
Albert Brooks) is a well-meaning but slightly anal-retentive podiatrist who doesn't much care for surprises in his life. When his daughter
Melissa (
Lindsay Sloane) announces she's going to marry her boyfriend,
Mark Tobias (
Ryan Reynolds),
Jerry figures that helping his wife plan the wedding and getting through the ceremony is as much excitement as he needs or wants. However, when
Jerry and his wife,
Katherine (
Maria Ricossa), meet
Mark's father for the first time,
Steve Tobias (
Michael Douglas) ends up taking
Jerry on the ride of his life. Both
Mark and
Steve's ex-wife,
Judy (
Candice Bergen), seem to have a decidedly ambivalent attitude about
Steve, and
Jerry finds out why --
Steve is actually an undercover agent for the CIA. In the guise of doing
Steve a favor,
Jerry gets dragged into a strange and dangerous episode involving international arms dealers, French super-villains, heavily armed men's room attendants, and a stolen private jet belonging to
Barbra Streisand, as well as several less-than-pleasant encounters with
Angela (
Robin Tunney),
Steve's colleague in espionage who doesn't trust
Jerry.
The In-Laws was adapted from the memorable 1979
comedy of the same name, in which
Alan Arkin and
Peter Falk played the mismatched fathers.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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