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The In-Laws (2003)

★ 5.6 · 308 ratings on TMDB

He's not losing his daughter. He's gaining a madman.

The In-Laws poster★ 5.6

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

DirectorAndrew Fleming
CastAlbert Brooks, Candice Bergen, Lindsay Sloane, Maria Ricossa, Michael Bodnar, Michael Douglas
GenresAction, Comedy
The emergence reading

The In-Laws keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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