Meet the In-Laws (2012 film)

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Meet the In-Laws
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Chinese 搞定 岳父 大人
Mandarin Gǎodìng Yuèfù Dàrén
LiterallyPacify Mr. Father-in-Law
Directed byLi Haishu
Written by
  • Li Haishu
  • Huang Yanwei
Produced byLiu Zhijiang
Starring
Cinematography Liu Yonghong
Edited byZhang Yifan
Music byDouble-Y
Production
company
HG Entertainment
Release date
  • August 3, 2012 (2012-08-03)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box office$2.6 million [1]

Meet the In-Laws is a 2012 Chinese comedy film directed by Li Haishu.

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Plot

Psychologist Fan Jianqiang (Xu Zheng) travels with his girlfriend Su Xi (Lin Peng) from Shanghai to her home in Hangzhou, to meet her parents for the first time. Things get off to a rocky start when Fan discovers that his prospective father-in-law Su Bohu (Benz Hui) is actually one of his patients who had disclosed to him all his secrets.

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References

  1. "Meet the In-Laws Boxoffice". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved 2015-05-20.