Relative Strangers (2006)

Director:

Greg Glienna

Writers (WGA):

Greg Glienna (screenplay) &
Peter Stass (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

mayo 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

On a mission to locate his biological parents, a tightly wound professional (Livingston) is befuddled to find that the couple who conceived him aren't exactly upper-class. |

Plot Keywords:

Time Lapse Photography | Independent Film

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"Dumb as a shovel..."

Cast

Danny DeVito	...	Frank Menure
Kathy Bates	...	Agnes Menure
Ron Livingston	...	Dr. Richard Clayton
Neve Campbell	...	Ellen Minnola
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Angela Minnola
Bob Odenkirk	...	Mitch Clayton
Edward Herrmann	...	Doug Clayton
Christine Baranski	...	Arleen Clayton
Martin Mull	...	Jeffry Morton
Michael McKean	...	Ken Hyman
M.C. Gainey	...	Spicer
Star Jones	...	Holly Davis
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Mr. Manoire
Debbi Morgan	...	Mrs. Manoire
Pete Schwaba	...	Meat Delivery Man

También conocida como:

Extraña familia (Argentina) (DVD title) (Mexico) (cable TV title) [es]
Familia casi perfecta, Una (Spain) (theatrical title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language.

Duración:

86 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Garlin Pictures

Trivialidades:

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger greeted his Twins (1988/I) 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".

Goofs:

Continuity: When 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!

Movie Connections:

References "Hee Haw" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Concerto in B Flat

"Dumb as a shovel..."

Ron Livingston, star of the cult-hit "Office Space", bottoms out with this slapstick comedy which takes satiric aim at trailer-park yahoos but, alas, fails to be ironic or nostalgic--it appears to have been made by just the kind of low-class people it pokes fun at. A mild-mannered psychologist, the author of a new self-help book about anger-management, finds out from his family--an upper-crust bunch of boors--that he was adopted after his biological folks left him on their doorstep; worse, his birth parents turn out to be brawling, obnoxious hicks. Utterly predictable and dispiriting comedy. One waits in excruciating anticipation for the first crotch jab (nineteen minutes in), the first reference to either "Jerry Springer" or "Hee-Haw" (both clock in around the one-hour mark), and the proverbial cameo by a well-known talk-show host (it's Star Jones!). A few mindlessly funny one-liners; otherwise this flop makes "Meet the Fockers" look like "Wuthering Heights". *1/2 from ****