The In-Laws

1979 • 102 minutes
4.7
53 reviews
90%
Tomatometer
PG
Rating
Eligible
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Emmy Award-winner Peter Falk ("Columbo," "The Princess Bride") and Academy Award-winner Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine," "Slums of Beverly Hills") are brilliantly funny in this zany comedy about a dentist and a "CIA Agent," and their riotous misadventures on the eve of their children's wedding. Written by Andrew Bergman ("Honeymoon in Vegas," "Blazing Saddles"), and co-starring Academy Award-nominee David Paymer ("Alex & Emma," "State & Main"), Ed Begley, Jr. ("The Accidental Tourist") and Nancy Dussault (TV's "Too Close for Comfort"). A runaway boxoffice hit, this film was directed by Academy Award-honoree Andrew Hiller ("Carpool," "Silver Streak").
Rating
PG

Ratings and reviews

4.7
53 reviews
Julian Rodriguez
June 2, 2017
Not great by any stretch of the imagination, and the plot is wafer thin. However, Arkin is probably one of the best straight man's I've seen in a comedy. Falk is okay in this movie, but I feel it's either not a great performance, or I'm not down with Falk as a leading man. But together these actors are great, riffing off each other and trying to one up each other.
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norman rosen
July 26, 2016
Forget the remake witb albert brooks and michael douglas.Just a pale copy of this,a true comedy classic
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James Rodriguez
June 28, 2014
Falk & Arkin have amazing chemistry: you can believe this happens!
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