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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanSubtle it's not. Still, the film, directed by Andrew Fleming ("Dick"), gets large and plentiful laughs where it's supposed to.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleRelies on comic formula -- but does so with more than usual panache.
- 70L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonFleming's more than passable, often extremely funny remake.
- 60TV Guide MagazineAngel CohnTV Guide MagazineAngel CohnFans of the original may be disheartened by this glossier, action-packed version, but the brisker pacing and showy shoot-'em-up scenes are exactly what will appeal to the film's target audience.
- 50The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIt's as if the director, Andrew Fleming, and the screenwriters, Nat Mauldin and Ed Solomon, set out to make a movie that would be mediocre in every respect. If so, they have completely succeeded.
- 50VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThe 2003 edition written by Nat Mauldin and Ed Solomon and helmed by Andrew Fleming places the Douglas-Brooks combo inside a much more complicated if not quite as funny world.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardBig, bloated and only intermittently amusing.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversEverything sly and low-key about The In-Laws, a 1979 comedy...is supersized and coarsened in Andrew Fleming's remake.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanBrooks has long since mastered his whiny/neurotic persona, and Douglas does a passable version of giddy craziness. The young folks get lost in the shuffle, which leaves Suchet to steal the show with his fey, moist-eyed delivery. In this case, that's petty larceny.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasPerhaps the oddest thing about The In-Laws is that it's aimed at an audience old enough to remember not only the original, but also how much funnier it seemed at the time.