Bibi Besch, Bodhi Elfman, David Byron

Directed by "thirtysomething" star Ken Olin, this Fox made-for-TV drama stars a young Jim Carrey as the alcoholic brother to groom-to-be and perfect son Matt (William McNamara). Matt brings home fianc...( read more  read more... )ée Allison (Lori Loughlin of TV's "Full House") to meet his supposedly apple-pie family. What starts out as a celebration quickly turns into massive dysfunction, which threatens Matt's family, his nuptials and his sanity.

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Directed by: Ken Olin

Release Date: March 16, 1992

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DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004

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  • August 3, 2008
    I swear this was one of those after school specials. First time I had seen Jim Carey in a serious role. Great gay twist.
  • July 4, 2008
    So well done - always makes me cry like a baby!
  • October 10, 2007
    I really want to see this! I hear it's excellent.
  • June 14, 2007
    It's been years since I first watched this... I happened to notice that the Videostore where i work has a copy.. so I put it on.. I shouldn't have.. I remembered it being pretty good.. but I also watched it while I was in the process of coming out.. Now, years later, I notice t...( read more)he horrid acting.. (I'm sorry, but if you were disinterested and being forced to read lines I think you'd do better than they did in this).. It's worth watching once.. especially if you are "in the closet", or dealing with a really psycho family, but then it's just okay.. I am kind of curious to know why it's only had ONE rental... (it's been here since it came out on DVD)..
  • June 11, 2007
    This is Jim Carrey's 1st drama role! So if you have trouble sleeping watch this!
  • January 14, 2007
    Favorite Jim Carey movie. He is in a serious roll in this movie. They usually show this movie on Lifetime.
  • August 13, 2006
    Painting-by-numbers coming of age story.

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