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Relative Strangers (2006) 5.2
On a mission to locate his biological parents, a tightly wound professional (Livingston) is befuddled to find that the couple who conceived him aren't exactly upper-class. Director:Greg Glienna |
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Frank Menure
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| Kathy Bates | ... |
Agnes Menure
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Dr. Richard Clayton
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Ellen Minnola
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Angela Minnola
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Mitch Clayton
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Doug Clayton
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| Martin Mull | ... |
Jeffry Morton
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Ken Hyman
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Spicer
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Holly Davis
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Mr. Manoire
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Mrs. Manoire
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Pete Schwaba | ... |
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On a mission to locate his biological parents, a tightly wound professional (Livingston) is befuddled to find that the couple who conceived him aren't exactly upper-class.
Plot Keywords:
parent child relationship | vegetarian | straw hat | adoption | time lapse photography |Taglines:
You can't pick your parents.Genres:
ComedyMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
May 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Extraña familia See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
Production Co:
Garlin Pictures, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG, Gordonstreet Pictures See more »
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Written by Robin L. Klein, Scott Schreer (as Scott P. Schreer)
Published by Freeplay Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Freeplay Music
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Did You Know?
Trivia
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger greeted his Twins costar Danny DeVito on a location set to congratulate him on his efforts to produce the film in California, rather than succumb to the tax lures and lower labor costs offered by other states. DeVito acknowledged that he had to persuade the film's cast and crew to take pay cuts in order to offset the lower production costs that other states offered. They're "working for much less than they normally work for". See more »Goofs
When Richard is searching on Google for Peekaboo Carnival, he searches for 'carnival peekaboo.' In the next shot, which shows the search results, his search reads 'peekaboo carnival' instead. See more »Quotes
Agnes Menure: He tried a twelve step program but he got so drunk he fell down the steps!See more »
Crazy Credits
When the credits end completely, the last thing we see is Frank's parents as babies. See more »Soundtracks
"Funky Dunky"Written by Robin L. Klein, Scott Schreer (as Scott P. Schreer)
Published by Freeplay Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Freeplay Music
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Maybe it's somehow unfair that this movie was not distributed in the US (yet?). I have seen much worse movies and comedies that had less fun in them well distributed and promoted. However, I can understand the hesitations of the distributors. 'Relative Strangers' plays in a genre that has already squeezed all the juice, and makes no attempt to be something different.
Yet, the premises are good. What if you are a successful writer of self-control books and you found two weeks before your marriage with gorgeous Neve Campbell that your true parents are not the high-class couple that raised you but Danny DeVitto and Kathy Bates, a popular circus pair of failed clowns, throwing bad jokes and inheriting you nothing but a bunch of hereditary diseases?
Unfortunately, this is more or less where the fun of the movie stops. The rest is so predictable that you could have written the script yourself. Ron Linvingston is as funny as a evening news broadcaster, DeVitto and Campbell do their expected game, and only Kathy Bates is funny and looks comfortable and gorgeous (yes!) in her role, but this is not enough. Casting the stars is not enough for good comedy, you need something more in ideas and craziness which is definitely missing here.