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Son in Law (1993)
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named Crawl, who convinces the ambivalent Rebecca to stay in the city. When Thanksgiving break rolls around, Rebecca, no longer an innocent farm girl, invites Crawl back to South Dakota, where he pretends to be her fiancé.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, slapstick comedy, slapstick, sex comedy, romantic comedy, laugh out loud, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college, thanksgiving, culture clash, fish out of water, engagement, friendship, slacker, unlikely couple, farmer, father daughter relationship, lie, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, makeover, marriage proposal, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, homecoming, romantic rivalry, countryside, justice, disorder, goofy hero, student life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 1990s
Place:
south dakota, california, turkey, los angeles, las vegas
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Place:
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441K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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