Monster-in-Law (2005)

Plotzle Original · O134 · July 14, 2026 · Romance / Comedy

Six plot descriptions for Monster-in-Law (2005). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A bookstore owner in Vermont starts seeing a ski instructor but faces interference from her recovering alcoholic brother who fears being abandoned and invents increasingly absurd emergencies requiring her attention.
2. A marine biologist studying kelp forests begins dating a lighthouse keeper on the Oregon coast and they discover his late wife's journal predicting their entire relationship trajectory.
3. A pastry chef moves to Portland for culinary school and falls for her apartment building's superintendent while his eccentric elderly landlady meddles by leaving passive-aggressive notes and rearranging furniture.
4. An office temp begins dating a surgeon but faces sabotage from his overbearing mother, a former television personality who fears losing her son and schemes to destroy their relationship before they marry.
5. A recently divorced actuary joins a community theater production where she becomes romantically involved with the director while his jealous ex-wife sabotages rehearsals by rewriting scenes nightly.
6. A wedding photographer reconnects with her high school sweetheart at a destination ceremony in Jamaica but his childhood imaginary friend persona resurfaces whenever commitment discussions arise between them.