Product Details

• Actors: Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Tiffani-Amber Theissen, Dan Gauthier
• Directors: Peter Deming, Steve Rash
• Writers: Adam Small, Fax Bahr, Patrick J. Clifton, Peter M. Lenkov, Shawn Schepps
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305428549
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,867 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Son-In-Law" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Even with Pauly Shore as the "star," this 1993 comedy is a bit better than you might think. Shore plays an insouciant college student asked by a friend (Carla Gugino) to pretend to be her fiancé over Thanksgiving break, thus discouraging a jerk back in her hometown from proposing. Shore's character agrees but is given a hard time by the girl's salt-of-the-earth family of farmers. The hero and Gugino's character actually have a crush on each other, and now that they have an opportunity to explore romance, their relationship is threatened by poor Pauly's tests of rural manhood. Shore aside, the strong cast--including Gugino and Lane Smith--lend this thing some credibility; and the script doesn't take any shortcuts in moving the characters beyond their assumptions about one another. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Middle America will never be the same when comedian Pauly Shore (ENCINO MAN) travels to the Midwest and becomes the SON-IN-LAW. Shore stars as Crawl, L.A.'s funkiest college student, who's hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed (Carla Gugino -- SPY KIDS). Crawl's unlike anything the Midwesterners have ever seen -- outside the barn that is! But before long, Crawl's plowing his way into their hearts with his outrageous antics and offbeat attempts at farming. Get ready for a truckload of laughs and a half-ton of hysteria with this totally irreverent comedy!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best comedies I've ever seen June 3, 2003

By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

I'm not saying that Pauly Shore is a great actor, but Son in Law is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Shore plays a Shore-like resident assistant named Crawl at the California university chosen for matriculation by Rebecca of some farm (probably not Sunnybrook) in South Dakota. Her jock boyfriend Travis, who apparently spends all of his free time trying to look more and more like Tom Cruise, doesn't want her to go, afraid she will change out there on her own. Becca, as Crawl calls her, has a hard time adjusting to college life and is ready to quit and come home when Crawl convinces her to stay and try a little harder to fit in with the crowd. Soon, shy little Rebecca has been shorn of her long hair, clothed in "weasel ware," and tattooed, allowing her to mingle easily on the beach and at mud wrestling bars. When she learns that Crawl is going to be alone during Thanksgiving, she invites him home with her. Her parents and Travis are shocked when they see Becca's new undeniably hot look, but they are even more shocked when a lunatic in the form of Crawl shows up with her. He takes to country life in his uniquely Shore-ian way, horrifying just about everyone in the state of South Dakota. This is before Crawl announces that he and Becca are getting married, a lie engineered on the spot to forestall Travis' own marriage proposal to the new and improved Becca. Dad decides to show Crawl what farming is like, trying to drive him away with the nastiest farm chores known to man, at which point much hilarity ensues. In time, Crawl begins to win over Becca's family and even becomes a star attraction on the local square dance circuit, inspired by such songs as the theme to Green Acres and John Denver's Thank God I'm a Country Boy. Travis has his own plans for getting Becca back, though; feathers fly, and not just those from the turkey that gets loose in the house.

Pauly Shore is in full Pauly Shore mode in this movie, but it works tremendously well here. The acting is great all the way around, Carla Gugino is adorable, Shore is hilarious, and there's not a dull moment to be found from beginning to end. I've watched this movie several times, with no noticeable decrease in the enjoyment factor from one viewing to the next. My parents, who haven't been to a movie since I was a kid dragging them along with me, actually borrowed this movie from me; some of their friends had been trying to find this hilarious movie they had seen but could not remember the name of for some time, and I recognized the plot as soon as they got around to asking me about it. It's a pretty unforgettable movie that appeals to a wide audience. If you have avoided Son in Law like the plague just because Pauly Shore stars in it, I urge you to reconsider and give this movie a chance. This is a very funny film the whole family can enjoy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Pauly's PERFECT! November 26, 1999

By "lilsquirt15"

Format:DVD

Pauly is absolutely perfect for this movie, he plays such a great college student and he is so funny in this movie, you will laugh for hours. See it if you haven't. It is so worth it BUDDY!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece September 29, 2005

By FAT

Format:DVD

This by far is Pauly Shore's best work yet. I mean who thinks of this stuff a hippie marries someone who is related to farmers and I mean Pauly Shore could care less about a family of farmers. But throughout the movie the unthinkable happens a hippie bonds with farmers. This is better than Bio-Dome times 2 and throw in a movie like Cabin Boy and you will have a masterpiece like this. If Pauly Shore was a chef and
Son-In-Law was the meal he made he would be working in the finest restaurant in France.