Son in Law

Son in Law (1993)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (53,178 ratings)

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.

PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Steve Rash
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 2, 1993 Wide
On DVD
May 15, 2001

Critic Reviews

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    Medium-funny culture clash humor contrasting California with the rural south.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    It stars Pauly Shore. 'Nuf said.

  • Michael Szymanski, Zap2it.com

    One of the better Pauly movies, not saying much!

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    An excellent comedy. You'll laugh til the cows come home!

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Totally stupid, but works ... if you're drunk!

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Son In Law is Pauly Shore's best film, and thats not saying much. The film for me is a guilty pleasure. I found the film quite humourous and actually pretty decent. After this film, Pauly Shore really became unbearable, and he faded into obscurity. However theres an appeal to… More

  • Lenny M


    Pauly Shore was all over the early 90's with his cheap laugh movies, always playing a burn out. Some laughs here and there, Ferris Bueller's mom looks good in this movie surprisingly.

  • Nani V


    Goodtimes.

  • danny d


    great early 90's flick when pauly shore was good

  • Jason S


    Funny. Shore managed to make a couple good movies before becoming an industry joke.

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