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Meet the Parents

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• Comedy
• Romance

• 2000
• Jay Roach
• 103 mins
• 12

Summary

Comedy starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. Male nurse Greg Focker wants to propose to his girlfriend Pam, but decides to ask the permission of her old-fashioned father, Jack, a former CIA agent. Greg plans to do this while visiting for Pam's sister's wedding, but Jack's overprotectiveness spells trouble for the accident-prone nurse.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Lorien Haynes

Ben Stiller endures the weekend from hell when he is invited by girlfriend Teri Polo to a family celebration at the home of her parents, Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner. Over the course of the weekend, he loses the cat, floods the garden and has his weaknesses painfully exposed by her father, a former CIA man. Given the set-up, this film from Austin Powers director Jay Roach could have been predictable and cliché-ridden, but the sheer class of the cast elevates it into something really special. Stiller gives the unfortunate beau humanity and realism; De Niro's gravitas makes "dad" an intimidating presence; and Blythe Danner is a suitably quirky prospect as the mother-in-law; though arguably it's the cat that steals the show. Ridiculously funny and somehow rather endearing, this is just the kind of fare to make the prospect of your own family festivities seem far less formidable.

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7.0/10

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Cast

rolenameJack ByrnesRobert De NiroGreg FockerBen StillerPam ByrnesTeri PoloDina ByrnesBlythe DannerKevin RawleyOwen WilsonDebbie ByrnesNicole DeHuffDenny ByrnesJon AbrahamsLarry BanksJames RebhornBob BanksThomas McCarthy

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rolenameDirectorJay Roach

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Theatrical distributor

UIP

Released on

2000-12-15

Languages

English | English | Thai | French | Hebrew | Spanish

Guidance

Swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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