Meet the Parents (2000)
84 %
Reviews Counted: 137 Fresh: 115 Rotten:22 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Consensus:
This upbeat comedy is hilarious and, at the same time, believable and something people can relate to.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 6, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $164,454,835
Synopsis: Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is head over heels in love with his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), and is ready to pop the big question. When his attempt to propose is thwarted by a phone call with the news that Pam's younger sister is getting married, Greg realizes that the key to Pam's hand in marriage... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, James Rebhorn
Director: Jay Roach
Screenwriter: Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Producer: Nancy Tenenbaum, Jane Rosenthal, Jay Roach
Composer: Randy Newman
Screenwriter: Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Producer: Nancy Tenenbaum, Jane Rosenthal, Jay Roach
Composer: Randy Newman
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Alas, poor Focker. He can't help himself. And we can't help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie.
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08/15/08
Top Critic
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.
08/15/08
Top Critic
Owes about 55 percent of its charm to De Niro, who can be hilarious just sitting there.
03/11/08
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.
07/14/07
Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience
09/27/06
Contains enough belly-laughs and sly jokes to become one of the bigger crowd-pleasers of the fall.
07/24/06
What saves the movie from remaining an exercise in self-parody for all involved is director Roach's feel for the material.
12/06/05
Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffes.
12/06/05
An entertaining little outing, but not something that will stay with me.
04/09/05
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
01/03/05
Does the usual Hollywood bit of setting up the gags way in advance so that even a coma patient can spot them.
10/24/03
This film is almost too real to be funny. It is one uncomfortable moment after another — and that is what Stiller does best, but director Roach would have done well to tone it down a bit.
02/08/03
Stiller has a gift for looking funny effortlessly, when he’s doing nothing physical. With no mugging, no physical contortions, he turns his face into a palette of pain and confusion.
02/07/03
What saves the movie from remaining an exercise in self-parody for all involved is director Roach's feel for the material.
12/08/02
This is, unquestionably, the best comedy currently on release. Highly recommended.
10/30/02
Great filmmaking this is not, but if you're looking for an amusing, undemanding couple of hours, give this a try.
10/21/02
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