Son in Law

Synopsis: Country girl Rebecca begins college in Los Angeles. There she meets Crawl, a student who is crazy, unpredictable and wild. During the holidays she brings him with her home. Her parents have never seen anything like him and are shocked when Rebecca tells them that they are engaged to be married. Two different worlds collide...
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Steve Rash
Production: Buena Vista
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
PG-13
Year:
1993
95 min
760 Views


[ Man ]

As your principal,

l watched you all start out

here at Lincoln High...

caterpillars in

our cocoon of stability.

Over the last four years,

your chrysalis has hardened.

And now if l listen closely,

l can almost hear

your cocoons opening.

l see before me

monarch butterflies...

ready to take off into

that great adventure...

that l like to call ''life.''

- [ Applauding ]

- And now...

l'm proud to present

your valedictorian...

Rebecca Warner.

[ Applauding, Cheering ]

Rebecca ! Whoo !

Today l would like

to talk about change.

lt's all around us.

Change. lt happens

whether we want it or not.

Change. Are we ready for it ?

l think so.

We are poised

and prepared for the future,

ready to embrace new people,

places and ideas.

[ Grunting, Blowing Raspberry ]

- ln short, we are ready

for the challenge of life.

- [ Snoring ]

- Ladies and gentlemen,

take a good look at us.

- [ Boy ] Wake up !

We are the future.

We are the Lincoln Tigers.

Hear us roar !

Whoo ! We did it !

[ Principal ]

l give you the class of 1993 !

- Rebecca !

- Zack, get up.

-Why don't you let me take the picture ?

-No, no, no, Dad, l'll take it.

- Don't worry about it.

- All right, okay. Do what you want.

- Hold still there.

- Rebecca ! Give me that camera, Walter.

lf we wait much longer,

it will be my graduation.

- Travis, would you please

take our picture ?

- Come on !

- Oh, yeah.

- Mom, where do you want me?

- Now look here, Travis,

you ever work one of these ?

- Come on, Dad !

- Just a minute, please.

- ln my day, all ya did

was push a button.

-ln his day, dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

-Okay, Walter,

- we're ready.

- Look, l'm just tryin'

to get a good one, damn it.

- Mom, it's fine.

- lt will be fine.

- All right, all right,

is everybody ready ?

- Yes !

- All right, everybody say, ''Cheese.''

- Cheese !

[ Walter ] Travis,

did you press that little thing--

California is a long way off

just to go to school.

- Are you sure you don't

wanna reconsider State ?

- [ Rebecca ] No, Dad.

- You know l wanna do this.

- Yeah.

Oh. Rebecca.

l-l'm not sure that l've...

really prepared you for what

you're gonna run into out there.

What l mean is...

the boys are different

than they are here.

They, um, uh--

W-W-What l'm tryin'

to say is that the--

Well, the lifestyle's

a lot faster.

- Are you tryin' to tell me

not to have sex, Dad ?

- Huh ?

Daddy.

l'll be fine.

- You know me.

- [ Chuckles ] Well, it's, uh--

lt's pretty late. Uh, guess

we'll get a little shut-eye, huh ?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Travis ?

- What ?

- Slow down.

- Why ?

'Cause l-l want it to be right.

Well, when's it gonna be right ?

You're leaving tomorrow.

You act like it's forever.

Well, l'm not gonna see you

for three months.

What if everything changes ?

Nothing is going to change.

l'll go to school,

you'll work at the co-op...

and we'll see each other

every single vacation.

And when l'm done,

we'll be together.

- Promise ?

- Promise.

Okay.

l guess l can wait.

Now... where were we ?

That's no way to pack a truck, Junior.

These bags should be back there.

- Oh, come on, Dad.

l know what l'm doin'.

- All right, all right.

But don't come cryin' to me

when my granddaughter's clothes...

- are scattered all

up and down the highway.

- Watch your hands.

- Zack, where's your sister ?

- What ?

l don't know. Maybe she's still

in the barn with-- [ Clearing Throat ]

- [ Connie ] Zack.

- What ?

- [ Walter ] Rebecca ! Let's go !

- Just a minute.

Okay !

Learn a lot, Shortcake !

[ Zack ]

How long 'til we get there ?

[ Connie ] Two days, Zack,

so you might as well relax.

- [ Zack ] Sh*t.

- [ Connie ] What did you say ?

- l said, ''shoot.''

- Hmm, Walter, isn't that the long way ?

- [ Walter ] You wanna drive ?

- l'm sorry. l'm trying to help.

[ Zack ]

Next stop, sunny California.

- Stop !

- l'm doin' the drivin' here, Connie.

[ Everyone Arguing ]

[ Man On P.A. System ] All freshman must

report for registration by 6:00 p.m.

lf you don't register,

you don't exist.

- [ Rebecca ] Quit it, you little--

- [ Zack ] l don't have to.

- Fine, l'm ignoring you now.

- [ Walter ] lf you kids don't shut up,

l'm gonna turn this car around.

We're gonna go right back home.

[ Zack ] You don't have to freak, Dad.

Speaking of freaks, hey, how ya doin' ?

- [ Walter ] Look at that idiot.

- [ Zack ] Great school, Rebecca.

- You need a lobotomy to get in here ?

- Shut up !

Don't say shut up.

Coming through !

Oh, my God.

We're never gonna get through here.

- Zack, come on.

- Zack, do your share.

- l'm not a bellboy.

- Hey, pick up the trunk !

- Mom--

- [ Connie ] Walter,

don't you yell at him in public !

- Your father's a little

out of his element.

- Can we just go to my room ?

- l'll take the trunk.

- Connie !

- You take this or you're

not going to Disneyland.

- What ?

- Wait a minute, will ya ?

Wait a minute !

- l can do it.

- Look at them two.

- They're fresh off the farm,

aren't they ?

?? [ Heavy Metal Blaring ]

- [ Zack ] Shut up ! Stop pushing me !

- [ Rebecca ] You shut up !

- Hey, hey, hey, come on now.

- Stop fighting, please !

- [ Gasping ]

- Excuse us.

Hey, T.J. ! Watch out !

- Excuse me, dude. Excuse me.

- Goddamn !

Rebecca, come on. Let's just

keep movin', everybody. Come on.

This is the, uh, opportunity

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