The In-Laws (2003/I)

Director:

Andrew Fleming

Writers (WGA):

Andrew Bergman (screenplay)
Nat Mauldin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

23 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

The cake is going to hit the fan

Plot:

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Private Jet | CIA | Father In Law | Slapstick

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Steve Tobias
Michael Bodnar	...	Cherkasov's Bodyguard
Vladimir Radian	...	Cherkasov
Robin Tunney	...	Angela Harris
Albert Brooks	...	Jerry Peyser
Boyd Banks	...	Patient
Susan Aceron	...	Nurse
Lindsay Sloane	...	Melissa Peyser
Maria Ricossa	...	Katherine Peyser
Ryan Reynolds	...	Mark Tobias
Chang Tseng	...	Quan Le
Tamara Gorski	...	Yadira
Matt Birman	...	Agent at Restaurant
A. Russell Andrews	...	Agent Will Hutchins (as Russell Andrews)
Richard Waugh	...	Agent Thorn

Also Known As:

Ein ungleiches Paar (Germany)
The Wedding Party (USA) (working title)
Till Death Do Us Part (USA) (working title)
Wild Wedding - Ein ungleiches Paar (Germany) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for suggestive humor, language, some drug references and action violence.

Runtime:

USA:98 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | French | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39788) | Venezuela:PG-13 | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Germany:12 | Ireland:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Originally released to the public in trailers and previews as The Wedding Party in early 2003, and yet was touted as a remake of The In-Laws (1979). Eventually the film was renamed.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Steve and Jerry are on the plane to France, the clock next to Jerry reads 7:10. However, in the next shot during the same conversation the clock reads 12:00.

Quotes:

Jerry Peyser: I got what they call wet bone.
Jean-Pierre Thibodoux: I'm curious to know more about wet bone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)

Soundtrack:

Mis Dos Pequenas

Extremely Funny

Steve Tobias (Michael Douglas) is an undercover and efficient CIA agent, supported by the lower-ranked CIA agent Angela Harris (Robin Tunney), and assigned in a dangerous and secret international mission. He is trying to retrieve a nuclear submarine and arrest some international drug dealers and smugglers. Steve is also a reckless and absent father. His son Mark (Ryan Reynolds) is a lawyer, who is going to get married with Melissa Peyser (Lindsay Sloane), the daughter of the housewife Katherine Peyser (Maria Ricossa) and Jerry Peyser (Albert Brooks), a conservative podiatrist of Chicago. Jerry is the opposite of Steve, being afraid of airplanes and living a routinely life. When the two families meet for a dinner in a Vietnamese restaurant to celebrate the forthcoming wedding, Jerry is mistakenly identified as a secret agent, turning his life upside-down. I found this movie extremely funny. The combination of Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks was amazingly (and even surprisingly) good. The performance of David Suchet, as the gay French drug dealer and criminal Jean-Pierre Thibodoux, is also excellent and very funny. KC and the Sunshine Band playing an old hit is also great and completes a highly recommended comedy. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): 'Até Que os Parentes Nos Separem' ('Until the Relatives Get Us Apart')