i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Here's the thing... you know where this movie is going to go. All the plot points are pretty obvious; it's never going to get ahead of you, even when the "twists" start in the back half.But it's pretty fun to watch. DeVito and Bates are completely cartoonish and over-the-top -- and that's what makes them great together. Edward Hermann and Christine Baranski are perfectly cast, though I wish we'd seen more of them. Everybody else is fine (Bob Odenkirk is a bit wasted -- given that "anger management" is a major theme of the movie, casting a man known for his comedic anger in a role where he doesn't get angry is strange), except for Livingston.Ron Livingston is the center of the movie, and there's a problem. He commits to playing the role a certain way, and you don't understand why, and you don't really like him. More than an hour into the movie, they reveal why he is acting the way he did, and it kind of makes sense, but he's already lost your sympathy by that point.But if Devito and Bates as total white trash screaming at each other, lines like "If brains was chocolate, you wouldn't even have a M&M" is something you want to see in a comedy, then you should see this movie, because there will probably never be another movie where that happens. If you go with them, they keep the movie entertaining.Stick around for the end credits, their duet is almost certainly the highlight of the film. It's in the film, but most of the lyrics are obscured by the dialogue; the song plays in all of its glory over the end credits.

Danny Devito & Kathy Bates are sooo funny in this movie--I wish people would stop trying to over analyze everything and just enjoy the movie for what it is -- entertainment!! Who cares if some parts were predictable-- that made it all the more funny as you waited to see how they were going to play out the scene! This cast was amazing and they all played their parts to a T! Although, Danny & Kathy stole the movie!! Their depictions of country bumpkins was just brilliant! Anyone who saw this movie and did not laugh out loud needs to see it again !! You missed the entire point -- this is fun entertainment!!! Its so refreshing to see a movie that you can just enjoy for what it is and not walk out trying to figure out the deeper meaning of what the movie was really about. SEE THIS MOVIE IF YOU WANT TO LAUGH!!!

It took a while of watching to finally catch on to the plot. Actually, I was a bit "bored" for a while, but as I continued to watch I began to really enjoy it. In the end I it made me feel good. Once in a while a movie comes along that does that! I know people that are "to good for everyone else" so it was funny to see this in a movie.I would say this movie is about a 6 rating, but I gave it a ten on the vote to up the percentage from those gave it a zero. It is worth checking out.The cast is really good. It is funny seeing Devito and Deangelo in their roles, as this movie was a bit of a change from the usual. I think I have the hots for Neve Campbell after watching this movie and have always been a fan of Mr. Office Space, Livingston.

Maybe it's somehow unfair that this movie was not distributed in the US (yet?). I have seen much worse movies and comedies that had less fun in them well distributed and promoted. However, I can understand the hesitations of the distributors. 'Relative Strangers' plays in a genre that has already squeezed all the juice, and makes no attempt to be something different.Yet, the premises are good. What if you are a successful writer of self-control books and you found two weeks before your marriage with gorgeous Neve Campbell that your true parents are not the high-class couple that raised you but Danny DeVitto and Kathy Bates, a popular circus pair of failed clowns, throwing bad jokes and inheriting you nothing but a bunch of hereditary diseases? Unfortunately, this is more or less where the fun of the movie stops. The rest is so predictable that you could have written the script yourself. Ron Linvingston is as funny as a evening news broadcaster, DeVitto and Campbell do their expected game, and only Kathy Bates is funny and looks comfortable and gorgeous (yes!) in her role, but this is not enough. Casting the stars is not enough for good comedy, you need something more in ideas and craziness which is definitely missing here.