Meet the Parents

Name: Meet the Parents
Director: Jay Roach
Released: 2000

Jay Roach

2000

Synopsis

Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

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Ben StillerGreg Focker
Robert De NiroJack Byrnes
Teri PoloPam Byrnes
Blythe DannerDina Byrnes
Nicole DeHuffDebbie Byrnes
Jon AbrahamsDenny Byrnes
Owen WilsonKevin Rawley
James RebhornDr. Larry Banks
Tom McCarthyDr. Bob Banks
Phyllis GeorgeLinda Banks

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90
Variety
A flat-out hilarious mainstream comedy.
90
Los Angeles Times
This buoyant, giddy comedy of catastrophe is the funniest film of the year so far, possibly the most amusing mainstream live-action comedy since "There's Something About Mary."
80
Salon
De Niro's performance works because it isn't exactly likable -- he's totally at ease with his own jokes, but he's not out to make us feel relaxed.
75
Chicago Tribune
These two actors have a kind of genius for dark comedy: Stiller for suffering through crises and De Niro for creating them.
75
New York Post
Part sitcom, part comedy of manners - but it lacks the courage to deal honestly with class and ethnicity.
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Stiller is enjoyably long-suffering, and De Niro convinces us that Attila the Hun would make a preferable father-in-law.
70
The New York Times
This is a high-concept comedy, and none of the jokes are forced, which makes Meet the Parents a singular achievement.
70
Film.com
While this movie is no great advance in cinema comedy, it is rewardingly silly.

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