Como se vio en Mi gran boda griega o Los padres de ella, las bodas son fuente inagotable de inspiración. Esto se debe, en opinión del director de esta cinta, Andrew Fleming, "a que unen a gente que puede ser radicalmente diferente". Producido y coprotagonizado por Michael Douglas, se trata de un remake libre de Los suegros, comedia que en 1979 protagonizaron Peter Falk y Alan Arkin.
When prospective fathers-in-law Steve Tobias and Jerry Peyser meet for the first time to celebrate their children's upcoming marriage, the cake hits the fan. Dr. Jerome Peyser is a mild-mannered podiatrist with a well-organized daily routine designed to eliminate all possible sources of stress. Meanwhile, daredevil CIA operative Steve Tobias moves through life like a heat-seeking missile. His average day consists of dodging bullets, stealing private jets and negotiating with international arms smugglers. Now he's giving potential father-of-the-bride Jerry a serious case of pre-nuptial jitters. Steve's dramatic entrances and exits, his cryptic references to a Russian runaway named Olga and his fight with a gunman in a restaurant washroom causes Jerry to see a vision of his daughter's perfectly planned wedding blowing up in his face. As far as Jerry's concerned, letting Steve into his family takes til death do us part way too literally. Before he can say the wedding is off, Jerry suddenly finds himself embroiled in the chaos that follows in Steve's wake as he is dragged kicking and screaming into a series of perilous adventures that take the mismatched in-laws-to-be halfway around the world.
Remake de un film de mismo título original dirigido en 1979 por Arthur Hill y protagonizado por Peter Falk y Alan Arkin.
"Es como si el director y los guionistas hubiesen diseñado la película para ser mediocre en todos los sentido. Y si es así, lo han logrado plenamente." (A. O. Scott: The New York Times)
"Una película penosa (...) sobre la que se interroga por qué personajes de primera fila como Michael Douglas aceptan meterse en ellas" (M. Torreiro: Diario El País)
Director: Andrew Fleming. Interpretación: Michael Douglas (Steve Tobias), Albert Brooks (Jerome Peyser), Robin Tunney (Angela Harris), Ryan Reynolds (Mark Tobias), Candice Bergen (Judy), David Suchet (Jean-Pierre), Lindsay Sloane (Melissa Peyser), Maria Ricossa (Katherine Peyser), Chang Tseng (Le Quan), A. Russell Andrews (Detective Will Hutchins). Guión: Nat Mauldin y Ed Solomon; basado en un argumento de Andrew Bergman. Música: John Powell y Klaus Badelt. Fotografía: Alexander Gruszynski. Título Original: The in-laws. Países: USA y Alemania. Año: 2003. Duración: 95 min.
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