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A hip, well-dressed yuppie tracks down his biological parents, only to find that they live in a trailer park.A hip, well-dressed yuppie tracks down his biological parents, only to find that they live in a trailer park.A hip, well-dressed yuppie tracks down his biological parents, only to find that they live in a trailer park.
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- TriviaCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger greeted his Twins (1988) 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".
- GoofsWhen Frank And Agnes are sunbathing in the yard, in the first shot Frank is barefoot. In the next shot, he has his sandals on with no time in between to have put them on.
- Quotes
Agnes Menure: That's an old joke!
Frank Menure: So's your face!
- Crazy creditsWhen the credits end completely, the last thing we see is Frank's parents as babies.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Jerry Springer Show (1991)
- SoundtracksAc-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
Composed by Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Performed by Jack Sheldon
Published by Harwin Music (ASCAP)
Arranged and Produced by Steve Edwards
Executive Producer Ashley Miller
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Well, you know what you are in for with a movie such as "Relative Strangers". And with that being said, this movie follows the how-to-make-a-comedy script-book page by page. As such, the movie is very generic and predictable.
That being said, I will say that the movie is still enjoyable for what it is. There are some fun situations here and there, and there are some nice enough laughs throughout the movie. And there is just enough awkward situations to make it enjoyable enough to sit through to the end of the movie.
What really saves the movie is the cast. Danny DeVito can be somewhat of an acquired taste, but he did pull this off well enough. Kathy Bates was very well-cast for this movie. I had some reservations about Ron Livingston and Neve Campbell, but they both genuinely surprised me in a good way.
"Relative Strangers" is the type of movie that you watch once, then bag and tag it, most likely never to watch it again. Director Greg Glienna managed to muster but a mediocre comedy here.
That being said, I will say that the movie is still enjoyable for what it is. There are some fun situations here and there, and there are some nice enough laughs throughout the movie. And there is just enough awkward situations to make it enjoyable enough to sit through to the end of the movie.
What really saves the movie is the cast. Danny DeVito can be somewhat of an acquired taste, but he did pull this off well enough. Kathy Bates was very well-cast for this movie. I had some reservations about Ron Livingston and Neve Campbell, but they both genuinely surprised me in a good way.
"Relative Strangers" is the type of movie that you watch once, then bag and tag it, most likely never to watch it again. Director Greg Glienna managed to muster but a mediocre comedy here.
- paul_haakonsen
- Dec 31, 2015
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Släkten är bäst
- Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA(opening sequence)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $155,340
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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