Meet the Parents (2000)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 146
Fresh: 122 | Rotten: 24
Despite sometimes sitcom-like execution, Meet the Parents is a hilarious look at familial relationships that works mostly because the chemistry between its two leads is so effective.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 8
Despite sometimes sitcom-like execution, Meet the Parents is a hilarious look at familial relationships that works mostly because the chemistry between its two leads is so effective.
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Movie Info
In this comedy from Austin Powers director Jay Roach, Ben Stiller plays a young man who endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend's parents. Greg Focker (Stiller) is completely in love with Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house on Long Island (where her sister is to be married during the weekend) as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things stampede steadily downhill. Pam's
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Cast
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Robert De Niro
Jack Byrnes -
Ben Stiller
Greg Focker -
Blythe Danner
Dina Byrnes -
Teri Polo
Pam Byrnes -
James Rebhorn
Larry Banks -
Jon Abrahams
Denny Byrnes -
Phyllis George
Linda Banks -
Kali Rocha
Flight Attendant -
Tom McCarthy
Bob Banks -
Nicole DeHuff
Debbie Byrnes -
Owen Wilson
Kevin Rawley
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All Critics (146) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (122) | Rotten (24) | DVD (45)
Scenes that should have been uproarious are weaker than many of the movie's smaller moments, whose everyday humor isn't specific to the plot or characters.
Top CriticAlas, poor Focker. He can't help himself. And we can't help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie.
Astutely observed, subtly played and consistently hilarious...
When the script puts its faith in the audience, allowing us to find the laughs on our own, the film is irresistible, a bright lark. Yet when the writers panic, upping the antic volume and shifting into crazed sitcom gear, the lark stops.
A hilarious hodgepodge of The In-Laws and Annie Hall, in which De Niro gives his best comic performance to date.
This fall's pleasant surprise.
Star-driven comedy at times offensive and funny.
...large swaths of the proceedings feel as though they'd be more at home within a garden-variety sitcom.
What gives the film its special kick is the match of Stiller and De Niro.
Nobody plays put-upon quite like Ben Stiller.
Packed with cringe-worthy moments from beginning to end, Jay Roach's comedy is for anyone who has ever endured a weekend in the company of potential in-laws.
Owes about 55 percent of its charm to De Niro, who can be hilarious just sitting there.
Director Jay Roach of the Austin Powers films keeps the pace brisk, and the script by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg ably piles the pratfalls ludicrously high.
Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience
Contains enough belly-laughs and sly jokes to become one of the bigger crowd-pleasers of the fall.
Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffes.
A definite must-see that's perfect for a guys' night out or a relaxing date.
An entertaining little outing, but not something that will stay with me.
The best American comedy of 2000. It has wit, slapstick and romance -- as well as an improbable comedy team in Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller
Does the usual Hollywood bit of setting up the gags way in advance so that even a coma patient can spot them.
As far as one-joke movies go, this one has its guffaws.
Stiller plays a familiar character with a nice energy and presence, making the most of all his character's asides and observations.
Guaranteed to put you off suggested Sunday outings for life.
Audience Reviews for Meet the Parents
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- Greg Focker: Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb, what are you gonna do, arrest me?!
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- Greg Focker: How about you take those little sticks out of your hair and realise that I am a person with feelings.
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- Jack Byrnes: [in slow-mo] Spike the ball FOCKER!
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- Greg Focker: I'm gonna go upstairs and pay a visit to the shower fairy.
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- Jack Byrnes: I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?
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Foreign Titles
- Mon beau-père et moi (FR)
