The In-Laws

2003

Action / Comedy / Thriller

32
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 134 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 18399 18.4K

slapstick cia central intelligence agency (cia) spy secret agent father-in-law

Plot summary

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

Director

Andrew Fleming Photo
Andrew Fleming

Top cast

Ryan Reynolds Photo
Ryan Reynolds as Mark Tobias
Aaron Abrams Photo
Aaron Abrams as Student
Robin Tunney Photo
Robin Tunney as Angela Harris
Michael Douglas Photo
Michael Douglas as Steve Tobias
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847.11 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 2
1.58 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by aplusboy 5 / 10

Better than some remakes

Hollywood is littered with bad remakes of great films. One wonders why studios even bother. The original with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin is one of the funniest films ever made. On the other hand this updated version lacks in so many ways. Albert brooks and Michael Douglas do have good chemistry but he script is not up to the challenge of reviving this classic. The first half of the movie is pretty good, slowly but surely goes downhill. There are some good moments but they are few and far between during the last half of the movie. The ending is just plain stupid. Too bad, it could have been a contender. Im glad I saw this on television instead of spending money at a movie theater. Otherwise I would be writing a more negative review.
Reviewed by FlashCallahan 6 / 10

The Fat Cobra...

Dr. Jerry Peyser's daughter, Melissa is about to marry Mark Tobias. Things are going well until Jerry stumbles across some secret information, Mark's father, Steve is an undercover CIA operative. scared that Jerry will compromise his current assignment if he starts talking to authorities, Steve drags Jerry to an intercontinental mission that involves a dangerous criminal, Jean-Pierre Thibodoux, and his very strange ways.....This film is nothing more than a vanity project for Douglas, showing that even at his age, he still has the chops to lead an action role, and with the addition of little mouse Brooks, shows that he still is the alpha male in Hollywood.Bravo to that man. Any self-respecting actor would realise that Douglas has carved a wonderful career in his forty plus years as a leading man. He always took risks with his movies, and in doing so, has made some of the most memorable films in the eighties and nineties.Wall Street, Fatal Attraction, falling Down, Basic Instinct, The Game, Disclosure, are all in their own respect, game changing films.So what was his rationale for him appearing in this? Did Catherine say something to him that made him feel old? heaven only knows.But it's harmless stuff, Douglas plays the wannabe twenty-something spy to Brooks scared of his own shadow foot doctor.So what we have is set piece after set piece with Douglas looking cool, and Brooks in full on self-deprecating mode.Halfway through the second act, we bump into David Suchet, who plays the campest bad guy this side of Max Zorin. He really plays his character well, and it's a joy when he's on screen.Ryan Reynolds pops up as Douglas' Son, with the most amazing eyebrows in the film, doing nothing more than getting more stressed as the film goes on.It's totally forgettable stuff, it sunk without a trace on it's initial release, but all in all, it's a good hangover film.
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