Cinema: Bananas

THE IN-LAWS Directed by Arthur Hiller Screenplay by Andrew Bergman

The In-Laws is a silly, badly made and squeaky-clean comedy that just happens to deliver more whopping laughs than any other film this year. At its best, this movie recalls the joyous anarchy of the Road pictures; at its worst, it looks like overexposed outtakes from Gilligan's Island. Luckily, the weak sections never run on too long. Every time The In-Laws starts to stumble into oblivion, Peter Falk cocks his head, stares the manic Alan Arkin in the eye, and launches into an earnest...

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