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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 7, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Douglas & Albert Brooks | |
Performer: | Robin Tunney, Ryan Reynolds, Candice Bergen, David Suchet & Maria Ricossa | |
Directed by | Andrew Fleming | |
Music by | Paul McCartney | |
Screenwriting by | Nat Mauldin & Ed Solomon | |
Produced by | Bill Gerber, Elie Samaha, Bill Todman, Jr. & Joel Simon | |
Director of Photography: | Alexander Gruszynski | |
Executive Production by | Andrew Stevens, Tracee Stanley & Oliver Hengst |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Douglas and Brooks deliver fine work...
Box Office
Humdrum direction fails to elevate an already bankrupt idea from its relentless doldrums.
Observer
Fleming and co. were working from a version that had clicked very well in 1979, and such interest as posterity has in this new take will be in its usefulness as a masterclass in how not to remake a movie.
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The Spectator
Rating: 2/5 --
Focuses on two boring old men trying to be tough guys while bonding in convoluted and downright stupid situations. A dud.
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The List
Amazingly, the two versions have hit the casting bull's-eye twice in 24 years to provide superior entertainment.
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Observer
What we are left with is a movie that carefully aims to be all-family entertainment, but you can't imagine any family member particularly wanting to watch it.
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Times (UK)
Rating: B --
It's wonderful watching Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks having so much fun. It's also great to see a summer movie that doesn't rely on special effects.
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Good Morning America
Product Description:
In 1979, Alan Arkin and Peter Falk starred in the classic comedy THE IN-LAWS, in which Arkin played a timid dentist who gets involved in dangerous government intrigue--or with the ravings of a lunatic--when he meets Vincent Ricardo (Falk), the father of the man Arkin's daughter is going to marry. That hysterical situation is back with Andrew Fleming's riotous remake, with Albert Brooks as Jerry Peyser, a podiatrist who gets more than he ever could have bargained for when his daughter, Melissa (Lindsay Sloane), gets engaged to Mark (Ryan Reynolds), whose father, Steve Tobias (Michael Douglas), claims to be a spy and involves Jerry in some very questionable--and very funny--situations. Douglas and Brooks make a great comedic duo. The outstanding cast in this wild romp also includes Candice Bergen as Judy, the mother of the groom; Maria Nicossa as Katherine, the mother of the bride; and David Suchet as Jean-Pierre Thibodoux, a villain who believes Jerry to be criminal mastermind Fat Cobra. The soundtrack includes well-known 1970s pop songs as well as new music from Paul McCartney.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 112,269
- UPC: 085392466726
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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