Jason Frost Movies
- 2007
A husband and father whose life has become a tiresome routine learns the delicate difference between accident and destiny after getting caught up in nostalgia and watching as everything he has worked so hard to build comes crumbling down all around him. Peter (Seth Macari) has a well-paying job, a beautiful wife, and two adoring children, yet despite all of this he can't help but wonder what may have happened had he wandered a different path in life. Then one day, while surfing the internet, Peter comes across the webpage of Kelly (Kelli Nordhus), the younger sister of his first flame. Kelly has grown up to become quite the stunner, and it isn't long before she and Peter are experiencing all the thrills that new love has to offer. Now freed from the perceived pressures of his marriage and his high stress job, Peter begins to lose himself in meaningful conversations and long walks on the beach with the beautiful Kelly. But there's a serious downside to Peter's exciting new relationship, because before long he's completely lost sight of both his family and the demands of his job. As Peter's manipulative boss bears down on him and the young writers in the office begin to absorb the experiences that will one day comprise their own unique perspectives on the past, the crushing weight of responsibility offers a painful lesson in the true price of nostalgia. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kelli Nordhus, Seth Macari, (more)
Lots of people have misgiving about their in-laws, but in this offbeat comedy, a man discovers that his new son-in-law's father is significantly stranger than he's able to deal with. Jerry Peyser (Albert Brooks) is a well-meaning but slightly anal-retentive podiatrist who doesn't much care for surprises in his life. When his daughter Melissa (Lindsay Sloane) announces she's going to marry her boyfriend, Mark Tobias (Ryan Reynolds), Jerry figures that helping his wife plan the wedding and getting through the ceremony is as much excitement as he needs or wants. However, when Jerry and his wife, Katherine (Maria Ricossa), meet Mark's father for the first time, Steve Tobias (Michael Douglas) ends up taking Jerry on the ride of his life. Both Mark and Steve's ex-wife, Judy (Candice Bergen), seem to have a decidedly ambivalent attitude about Steve, and Jerry finds out why -- Steve is actually an undercover agent for the CIA. In the guise of doing Steve a favor, Jerry gets dragged into a strange and dangerous episode involving international arms dealers, French super-villains, heavily armed men's room attendants, and a stolen private jet belonging to Barbra Streisand, as well as several less-than-pleasant encounters with Angela (Robin Tunney), Steve's colleague in espionage who doesn't trust Jerry. The In-Laws was adapted from the memorable 1979 comedy of the same name, in which Alan Arkin and Peter Falk played the mismatched fathers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, (more)
