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Meet the Parents (2000) Rank 3 Reviews
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DVD REVIEW: Meet the Parents - Collector's Edition
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Greg Focker (yes, that's right, pronounce it like it sounds)(played by Stiller; Keeping the Faith ) is going to spend a weekend with Pamela Barne's (Polo) parents (DeNiro; 15 Minutes , Danner). Stiller wants to propose to Pamela, but first must get her ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Ben Stiller wants to propose to sweetheart Teri Polo, but first he has to impress her dad --
Robert De Niro. The weekend with the parents proceeds as one would expect a movie with Ben
Stiller in the lead: disastrously. De Niro is an ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
REVIEW: Meet The Parents
John Beachem
There's something strangely amusing about watching people completely humiliate themselves, isn't there? Something about watching a person do everything we know they shouldn't be doing to get out of already embarrassing situations. This is basically the ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at John Beachem
Edward Johnson-Ott
"Meet the Parents" is often funny and occasionally hilarious. I laughed a lot at the story of a young man's nightmarish weekend with his potential inlaws, but not as much as the people around me. Part comedy of manners, part slapstick farce, the film ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Plenty of chortles to be had in this archetypal Ben Stiller comedy which proves once and for all that you can choose your friends, but not their relatives. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
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. Scenes that are supposed to be funny, like the legendary ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Director Jay Roach has only taken four years to make his first four films, and a thematic pattern has already emerged. Two of those movies featured Mike Myers as Austin Powers. One was about the residents of a small town called Mystery, Alaska. What ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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The gross-out factor is surprisingly low, and the combination of Stiller and De Niro is inspired: No father could be more formidable, no prospective son-in-law better equipped to squirm. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
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Movie Addict (John Ulmer)
...not only is it extremely funny, but we can easily identify with the main character, countless times throughout the film... ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movie Addict (John Ulmer)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
A hilarious hodgepodge of The In-Laws and Annie Hall , in which De Niro gives his best comic performance to date. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Roach ... knows to play to the movie's twin strengths: Stiller and De Niro. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
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Jay Roach, director of the Austin Powers films, takes another stab at a non-Austin comedy (Mystery Alaska was the first), achieving likeable but uneven results. This one casts Ben Stiller (Keeping the Faith, Mystery Men) as a male nurse named Greg Focker ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
"Meet the Parents" is merciless up until its last act, when it gets a bit conventional, and allows sentimentality to creep into the material. It works best when Greg is a hapless victim of situations and people that seem inexplicably, absolutely against ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Jamey Hughton's Movie Views (Jamey Hughton)
If you are already laughing over the name Greg Focker, Meet the Parents would be a wise investment. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Jamey Hughton's Movie Views (Jamey Hughton)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
absurd, non-stop and crazy fun ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
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Meet the Parents combines a great drama actor, Robert De Niro, and a great comedian, Ben Stiller, in what can only be described as one long gag reel. Whereas Father of the Bride combines great comedic actors with a great script, Meet the Parents fails ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Thanks to smart casting and a desire to please as large an audience as possible, Meet the Parents hits enough laugh buttons to be considered a visit worth making. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Ben Stiller has a good line in embarrassment and chagrin. His chiseled face looks so earnest, so willing to please, and turns incredulous as the world conspires against him. In "There's ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
When it is good, it is very, very good -- and funny. But when it is not, Meet the Parents just feels like one long joke played out in every permutation possible. Everyone's nightmare -- meeting their would-be future in-laws -- is the sole comic premise ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
For Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), the earnest, put-upon hero of Meet the Parents , absolutely nothing goes right from the very beginning. First of all, his attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Pam (Teri Polo), is interrupted by a cell phone call from ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
You're scared, nervous and intimidated. Yes, it's time to meet the parents. Jay Roach's movie depicts just about everything that can go wrong about one of the most dreaded events that a human can ever endure. Everyone has parents, but what is so ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
But selling advertising in the menu? I don’t know, that’s just weird. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
The resolution to the accumulation of disasters that befalls Focker isn't very believable and the aforementioned switch from comedy to romance doesn't work well at all, but the comedy setups are very clever. This is one of the funniest films I have seen ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
DVD Talk (Jeffrey Robinson)
Meet the Parents is definitely one of those comedies that is worth watching. I've always enjoyed this movie and I think that even after several viewings, it's still quite funny. The story is pretty entertaining, which is mostly due to the outrageous ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at DVD Talk (Jeffrey Robinson)
DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
"Meet The Parents" is a cute comedy, easily eclipsing its largely banal, uninteresting competition. I didn't find it to be triple-digit-millions funny, though, and if not for the pair of commentaries, the disc more than likely would've remained on my ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
There's not much to say about this film except its a hoot and a half - with an audience. Stiller uses a similar type of comedy that made "There's Something About Mary" a hit - not the gross jokes, rather the kind where he's desperate to try and ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
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Jay Roach, director of the Austin Powers films, takes another stab at a non-Austin comedy (Mystery Alaska was the first), achieving likeable but uneven results. This one casts Ben Stiller (Keeping the Faith, Mystery Men) as a male nurse named Greg Focker ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Reel.com
Anyone who has ever seen Robert De Niro on a television talk show knows that the actor isn't a particularly funny guy by nature. In fact, he can be downright boring when he's just being himself (those who witnessed his recent appearance on Bravo's ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Reel.com
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The Cinema Source (Jennifer Krieger)
Meet the Parents is one of those wincingly funny films, billed as a ‘comedy' yet often seeming more tragic then amusing. It hit theatres before Ben Stiller had become annoyingly ubiquitous and featured stellar performances from Robert DeNiro, Blythe ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The Cinema Source (Jennifer Krieger)
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Greg (Ben Stiller) is in love with Pam (Teri Polo). But before he can propose to her, she gets a call from her sister. Greg finds out that he has to get her father's permission first. Pam tags Greg along with her to visit her parents for the weekend. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Scott Renshaw
In MEET THE PARENTS, Roach gets to oversee yet another gifted comic performer, and once again the film is primarily effective to the extent that it gets out of that performer's way. Ben Stiller plays Greg Focker, a Chicago male nurse who's ready to pop ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Scott Renshaw
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A Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures Presentation of a Nancy Tenenbaum Films and a Tribeca Production; Produced by Nancy Tenenbaum, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Jay Roach; Written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg from a story by Greg ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
As the weekend goes from bad to worse to disastrous, the humor also builds proportionately. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)
Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)
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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. And of course, the omnipresent Farrelly brothers' spirit is felt, as in most ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
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With impeccable timing and an impressive repertoire of disgusted, quizzical expressions, De Niro plays the suspicious, cat-loving Jack completely straight — and ends up getting some of the biggest laughs in the movie. His hidden "nanny cams," polygraph ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Betsy Bozdech)
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Steve Baker: Barfly Magazine
Meet The Parents has nice Jewish boy Jack (Ben Stiller) chasing not Mary this time but Pam (Teri Polo). She's a teacher and Jack organises a cute demonstration of his love for her using her preschoolers. But he then decides that he'd better ask her Dad ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Steve Baker: Barfly Magazine
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Ben Stiller is simply fantastic, and this DeNiro kid could be big someday. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
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Stiller and De Niro play off well against each other, and neither goes too far off the deep end. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
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Is Ben Stiller capable of playing ANYTHING but a big loser? Apparently not. True to form, in his newest flick, Meet The Parents Stiller plays opposite Robert De Niro as a big loser named Greg (Gaylord) Foker going to meet his girlfriends parents for the ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Cinema Blend
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Stories are about drama and drama is conflict. So if you're not willing to go through Hell with a story's protagonist, that's a story you should stay away from. And you choose to go through Hell with these characters because you empathize with them and ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Flak Magazine
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For the Yiddish-impaired, the schlemiel is a bumbler -- Woody Allen in "Take the Money and Run" trying to rob a bank with a note reading, "I have a gub." The schlimazel suffers from chronic bad luck -- Albert Brooks in "Broadcast News," a superior TV ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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David N. Butterworth
The film begins with Greg, a male nurse (yes, there are several male nurse cracks in the film), unsuccessfully trying to propose to the woman of his dreams, kindergarten teacher Pam Byrnes (played by Teri Polo from TV's "Felicity" and "Sports Night"). ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at David N. Butterworth
Parent Previews
When
Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) decides to ask his girlfriend
Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) to marry him, he realizes she
expects him to ask her father's permission first. As Pam's sister's
wedding is coming up, ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Parent Previews
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Meet the Parents is not a terrible film - there are enough amusing moments to keep things from becoming tedious - but it lacks a few of the key ingredients (like comic momentum) that would have made it a consistently entertaining endeavor. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Roach, responsible for the manicAustin Powersmovies, wisely slows down for this relatively genteel, relatively dark comedy of manners. Therearebelly laughs, butMeet The Parents- a remake of a little-seen 1992 picture - is more concerned with striking an ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Dustin Putman
The unfortunately named, soundslikeit'sspelled male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is passionately in love with school teacher Pam (Teri Polo), so sure that she is the one for him that he has bought an engagement ring to propose to her. When word hits ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Dustin Putman
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Some recent comedies seemed to have been
searching, reaching, desperately grasping for
something funny to print; "Meet the Parents" has the
opposite problem. Funny bits abound -- there's barely ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
What has happened to Robert De Niro's career? Once referred to as one of the top working American actors, De Niro has seen his talents wasted countless times in recent years as he has chosen one bad project after another. The list of titles reads like a l ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
There is a sub-category of comedy that can only be termed "comedies of excruciation," in which we laugh at the hideously humiliating experiences of some poor sap. If this is your kind of humor, then this is your kind of movie. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The thinking behind "Meet the Parents" is obvious enough — namely, trying to repeat the success of the R-rated smash "There's Something About Mary," but doing it as a PG-13-rated film, thereby opening it up to an even bigger audience.
That ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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