Meet the Parents (2000)
A Jewish male nurse (Ben Stiller) plans to ask his live-in girl friend (Teri Polo) to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father (Robert DeNiro) expects to be asked for his daughter's hand before she can accept. Thus begins the visit from Hell as the two travel to meet Mom (Blythe Danner) and Dad, who turns out to be former CIA with a lie detector in the basement. Coincidentally, a sister (Nicole DeHuff) also has announced her wedding to a young doctor (Thomas McCarthy)... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jay Roach
Written By: John Hamburg, Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke, Jim Herzfeld
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, James Rebhorn, Teri Polo, Thomas McCarthy, Kali Rocha, Spencer Breslin, Amy Hohn, Nicole DeHuff
Genre: Comedy
Franchise: Meet the Parents
Country: USA
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Luna6ix | 79 69th |
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In the heyday of Stiller comedies, came one successful enough to warrant two sequels, and it certainly is funny and it's pretty entertaining. But even only twenty years later, this one is beginning to show signs of weathering. DeNiro is great, Stiller and Wilson are about the same as ever.
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MartinTeller | 61 18th |
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I had a hard time sympathizing with Ben Stiller. I don't much care for these comedies where one terrible thing happens after another until it all gets neatly wrapped up at the end. But there's some funny stuff. Needs more Owen Wilson.
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doctor7 | 16 8th |
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Ben Stiller plays the same character he always plays. With the entire movie riding on whether or not you think he's funny it's really hit or miss. I don't find Ben Stiller remotely funny but if you do then you'll probably like this.
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Dorkovsky | 3 24th |
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This is funny, i have to admit, but I can't really enjoy what is essentially a 90 minute anxiety attack. Seriously, I think I smoked like, 4 cigarettes.
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Cahadras1 | 87 75th |
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Gaylord Focker lol
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| 2 | dmbbearcat | 82 65th |
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It's funny and I enjoy watching it, but watching the same bad luck incidents happen to one character over the course of one film gets a little old and unrealistic (and predictable). Stiller was good, but De Niro as the father was perfect.
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SlrSoapbox | 45 15th |
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Contrived situations, pointless gross-out humour, and I just plain hate Ben Stiller.
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eveelun | 59 20th |
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Ben Stiller essentially only has two comic roles: wacky, over the top weirdo-idiot and hapless shlub who gets mercilessly abused and humiliated. His character in this film is of the latter variety, and while it's not bad for what it is (though it lacks the crude charm of There's Something About Mary), it still doesn't appeal to me very much.
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BattleToad | 70 37th |
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It's occasionally very funny, but mostly redundant and overly frustrating. You can only feel bad for a character like Greg (Stiller) for so long before it becomes annoying. Thankfully, Meet the Parents has good dialogue, and a handful of good laughs thanks to it. Meh!
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Ytadel | 4 43rd |
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Back before we were all horribly sick of and hated Standard Ben Stiller Character #1, it was actually pretty funny to watch him try to overcome his awkwardness and unfortunate mishaps. De Niro is funny too.
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Alex Watkins | 3 38th |
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20 years now I've been thinking about Robert De Niro being milked.
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| 1 | absentis | 39 23rd |
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Quirky movie that has it's moments, but forgettable too easy.
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Stain | 0 8th |
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Absolute crap. The hero's last name is "Focker", which should give you an idea of the level of humor here. Poor De Niro
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nandorizzi | 90 94th |
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One of the funniest comedy of the 00s, with a good story and great actors. Everything works fine.
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| 1 | chrisaugust | 55 20th |
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Dear Ben Stiller: There are things that are funnier than watching you be uncomfortably awkward for two hours, like good movies. Remember when you used to make those?
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TonythePony | 54 19th |
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Mean-spirited, one-joke comedy that ignores it's own premise for the cheap laugh. A supposedly extremely intelligent (SAT scores) main character who acts consistently stupid throughout? A woman who loves her prospective husband, but does nothing to support him as he is continually belittled? A few humourous moments between Stiller and De Niro do little to elevate a deficient plot.
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sharon64 | 95 76th |
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Robert de Niro shines in this movie as the update Dad, The sign of a true actor is the ability to do comedy
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billkerwin | 75 27th |
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An amusing film, but not very memorable.
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hellboy76 | 67 58th |
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Although Stiller's awkward guy phase was paper thin to begin with, DeNiro's crazy father in law routine was still pretty funny at this point.
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LibertyLion | 40 15th |
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Kinda funny in one or two places but mostly just cringey, failing humour. DeNiro is good, of course. I think this the peak of this series, though I'm yet to see the Little Fockers.
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CMonster | 78 62nd |
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I liked it but it really did teeter on the point of being really great or total crap. For most people it stayed on that point or fell on the crap side, but I can't begrudge anybody who loves or hates this film.
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| 1 | RandallODim | 70 25th |
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Travis Bickle torments Derek Zoolander because he's worried about him marrying his daughter. Also Lightning McQueen shows up at one point, but no one really cares.
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| 1 | kjetting | 24 12th |
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HEY GUESS WHAT, HIS NAME IS FOKKER! GET IT? Repeated for one and a half hour. Good cast, but terrible script with jokes that are more likely to make you cringe than laugh.
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IceStark7 | 70 59th |
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Gaylord Focker being a male nurse is pretty much funny by default.
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TimeCapsule | 74 73rd |
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Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro were brilliantly cast opposite one another in this well made awkward comedy. Quotable with its' fair share of laughs, unfortunately not enough to prop up a story lacking much in depth.
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| Average Percentile 42.6% from 11922 Ratings |  |