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Overview

User Rating:
5.0/10   6,139 votes
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Director:
Steve Rash
Writers (WGA):
Patrick J. Clifton (story) &
Susan McMartin (story) ...
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Release Date:
2 July 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
He's a relative nightmare.
Plot:
Having gotten a taste of college life, a drastically changed farm girl returns home for Thanksgiving break with her best friend, a flamboyant party animal who is clearly a fish out of water in a small farm town. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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User Comments:
Funny, offbeat movie with a real message, 7 of 10. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Pauly Shore ... Crawl

Carla Gugino ... Rebecca Warner

Lane Smith ... Walter Warner

Cindy Pickett ... Connie Warner

Mason Adams ... Walter Warner Sr.
Patrick Renna ... Zack Warner
Dennis Burkley ... Theo

Tiffani Thiessen ... Tracy (as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen)

Dan Gauthier ... Travis

Ria Pavia ... Carol
Lisa Lawrence ... Lisa
Graham Jarvis ... Principal

Nick Light ... Mud Wrestling Announcer
Ernie Kinney ... Horace
Troy Shire ... Cowboy
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for elements of sensuality.
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | UK:12 (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (1994) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Early in the film, Crawl sings about the Hungry Man TV dinner he is about to eat. Mason Adams, who plays the grandfather, was a voice over announcer at the time the film was released. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Crawl and Rebecca first meet, he videotapes her from the door to her dorm room. In the following shot, we see a black-and-white shot from the point of view of his camera. Not only does it come from a significantly different location in the room, but also, Rebecca is looking well offscreen when she should be looking directly into the camera. more
Quotes:
Crawl: Have you ever heard of the tooth fairy?
Zack: No...
Crawl: I wouldn't fall asleep if I were you.
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Movie Connections:
References "Green Acres" (1965) more
Soundtrack:
Thank God I'm A Country Boy more

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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Funny, offbeat movie with a real message, 7 of 10., 17 July 2000
Author: TxMike from Houston, Tx, USA, Earth

Before I saw "Son In Law" I only had a vague idea who Pauly Shore was. Now I know. He is a superb comedic actor. In this movie he plays "Crawl", an upperclassman dorm counselor, who is a bit eccentric. He meets freshman "Becka" from South Dakota and they become fast friends. He helps her break out of her small town mold. In a Thanksgiving visit to her parents' home, he pretends to be her fiancee to save her embarassment of a sort with an old boyfriend.

I loved two things about this movie. Pauly Shore and the comedic situations are the first. The second is the message. How generations of "men" had perpetrated the same offenses against each other, and "Crawl" helps them see a better way to treat each other. He gets Becka's mom also to feel "alive" again, and rekindles romance between the parents.

The whole movie is a fresh approach to comedy, is a joy to watch. I rate it a strong 7 of 10.

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