The In-Laws (1979)
Directed by Arthur Hiller
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
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I’m particularly fond of The In-Laws with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, and a big part of what makes that film work is watching just how much fun it is when Falk unleashes a cascade of nonsense on poor Arkin.
Central Intelligence has a plot that's similar to Arthur Hiller's 1979 comedy classic The In-Laws and a style of humor reminiscent of '80s buddy-cop pictures like Running Scared.
What at first appears to be a fresh character dynamic turns out to be clever plagiarism of the 1979 action-comedy classic The In-Laws, in which a seemingly unhinged CIA agent (Peter Falk) embroils a straight-laced neurotic (Alan Arkin) in life-threatening intrigue.
Filmgoeers with long memories–or an active Netflix queue–may recall Peter Falk and Alan Arkin in “The In-Laws” (1979) exhibiting a similar chemistry in a plot akin to this one.
I also think the picture could have played up June's comic incredulity at her predicament, a la Alan Arkin in The In-Laws.
It sounds a little like the Andrew Bergman-scripted The In-Laws, but Jack is the anal antithesis of Peter Falk's laidback nutcase, and the film itself is much tighter and more sadistic.