know the kind of work of which actor alan arkin and peter falk and writer andrew bergman be capable and the blame for this jumbled and poorly make comedy can only be lay at the foot of director john cassavetes and or whoever it be who be responsible for it . supposedly cassavetes do not direct most of it but be bring in to replace a director who be fire . if that so and it understandable why he be fire . if it not so and then it cassavetes who should have be fire . while all account i have read about cassavetes mention that one of his most endear trait be his wild sense of humor and there certainly no evidence of that in this misfire . falk try valiantly to breathe some life into this lumbering mess and but arkin seem to be wait for someone to tell him what to do or at least to give him something funny to say . if the producer have want to make a sequel to the hilarious falk or arkin the in law and then that what they should have do . the picture be somewhat schizophrenic it seem to be a sequel to the in law and and be advertise a such and but arkin and falk character and situation have be change so drastically that it really a completely different picture . anyway and the film be virtually a complete dud . the few gag that make it into the picture be ruin by bad timing and poor editing . in addition and much of the film make no sense whatsoever ( there be major production problem and with constant cast and crew change and and it show ) and the movie do no good for anyone connect with it especially the audience . while the in law be a major hit and this thing come and go pretty much overnight . it be savage by critic and ignore by audience justifiably on both count . if youre not in the mood to see otherwise extremely talented people embarrass themselves and do yourself and them a favor and skip this .