Daytrippers Details

All of the mother-in-law-from-hell jibes that comedians such as Les Dawson used to make are on display in this sparky story about relationships among a family of oddballs. Led by the dominating mother, Rita (Anne Meara), the clan drives to the city to track down the husband (Stanley Tucci) whom Eliza (Hope Davis) thinks has been unfaithful. Eliza is fairly sane about the whole issue, which is more than can be said about the rest of the family, with Rita being the wackiest of the lot, taking her son-in-law's alleged infidelity as a personal affront. Writer/director Greg Mottola has contrived some great one-liners, but his one flaw is that the mother-in-law is almost too obnoxious for comfort. Les Dawson would have been vindicated.

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