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Son in Law

1993 · 95 min

A goofy culture-clash comedy that coasts on its lead's antics and a warm, fish-out-of-water charm.

Directed by
Steve Rash
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
He's a relative nightmare.
Overview
Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named Crawl, who convinces the ambivalent Rebecca to stay in the city. When Thanksgiving break rolls around, Rebecca, no longer an innocent farm girl, invites Crawl back to South Dakota, where he pretends to be her fiancé.

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Directed by
Steve Rash
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • deception
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Steve Rash
Written by
Adam Small, Fax Bahr, Shawn Schepps
Starring
Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Tiffani Thiessen, Cindy Pickett, Mason Adams, Patrick Renna, Dennis Burkley
Music
Richard Gibbs
Cinematography
Peter Deming
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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