Relative Strangers

Boring psychiatrist Richard Clayton discovers his boring parents aren’t actually his, before his slightly less boring real parents turn up. This film is in the unenviable position of trying to recreate smugfest Meet The Parents, but fails to capture the comedy that kept it afloat. Implausibly dough-faced Ron Livingston is so monotonous he makes even Neve Campbell look like a comedy natural; Kathy Bates and Danny DeVito could be a great double act was this film not so almightily – say it with me now – boring. *