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UpcomingDiscs.com (David Williams)
From the title of this film, its intentions should be universally clear. Few experiences are more dreaded or more ripe for disaster than a suitor's introduction to his girlfriend's parents. As many of us know, few things are as uncomfortable as that ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Williams)
Bullz-Eye.com
There are several hilarious scenes scattered throughout this movie as De Niro
and Stiller really work well together. Much like in "There's Something About
Mary," you begin to feel sorry for Stiller as he constantly gets dumped on
throughout the ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Pity poor Greg Focker. Not only is the man employed as a male nurse with an unfortunate name, but he's about to meet his girlfriend's parents in order to ask dad for her hand in marriage. Only dad is about as humorless as, say, Robert De Niro. And ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The sentiment is kept to a minimum -- just enough to make it genuinely sweet the way things fall into place. And who cares if Greg and Pam get together -- we're just glad to see Greg and Jack work things out. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
This is the funniest movie that I have seen in years. It is an instant classic. What makes this movie great is that it takes a page out of our lives and tickles us with it for 107 minutes. Other movies along the same vein are Vacation, Christmas ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
CheckOut.com (Shane Bitterling)
They say that the best comedy stems from truth, and this is the most painfully hilarious film in years. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at CheckOut.com (Shane Bitterling)
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Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
The depth of humor becomes evident when two events occur. One is when Greg opens a bottle of champagne and the other is when Jack tells Dina that he's not sure he will like Pam's married name if she marries Greg. Her middle name is Martha. Here's a ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Empire Magazine [UK]
Already a smash hit Stateside, this is a crowdpleaser in every sense - and although the pressure cooker hysteria inevitably dissipates as matters finally resolve in a cosy love-in, itÆll undoubtedly hit paydirt here too. Despite stirring a few queasy ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
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Greg (Ben Stiller) knows that he has found the woman he wants to marry, Pam Burns (Teri Polo). He has his proposal all planned out, until he finds out he must first win the approval of Pam's father, Jack Burns (Robert De Niro). The only problem is ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The Movie Chicks
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I'll never forget
one of the happiest days of my life. It was the day I started dating
my first true love. I'll never forget one of the happiest days of
her father's life. It was the day we broke up. In ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
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ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Top-drawer comedy, touching on universal fears and featuring terrific comic performances from its two stars.Ben Stiller plays the unfortunately-named Greg Focker ("pronounced just as it’s written"), a male nurse, who’s decided to ask his girlfriend ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
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A very funny movie that is able to combine a great premise with ideal actors, laugh out scenes with a sentimental touch and over the top sequences with a believable story line. Go see this movie and laugh! See it with your parents and join in the fun. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
It's warm and humorous and avoids being mean-spirited, which alone makes it special. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
Ron Small
In MEET THE PARENTS, Robert De Niro, one of our most studied character actors, progresses further into staking out a little niche in playing identifiable caricatures. De Niro does this with about as much laid back ease as he employed energetic gusto for ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Ron Small
Homer Yen
Things get progressively worse for Greg. And that's too bad because he's a genuinely likable guy with a romantic heart. Eventually, he begins to try so hard that he starts to mess everything up, committing a host of gaffes that embarrass, humiliate or ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Homer Yen
Steve Rhodes
As the story begins, Ben Stiller, playing a character by the risible name of Greg Focker, is about to propose marriage to Jack's oldest daughter, Pam (Teri Polo). Surprisingly, this key part of the eldest daughter is the only underwritten one, although ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Steve Rhodes
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
A congenial social satire that has its share of big guffaws and has a good comic feel. Robert De Niro is Jack Byrnes the imposing dad from upscale Oyster Bay, Long Island, that the humble nurse from Detroit, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), is visiting for ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
The New Zealand Herald
Robert de Niro's comic acting is so close to the flinty, menacing psychopathology of his dramatic roles - in Taxi Driver, say, or Goodfellas - that you only have to narrow your eyes slightly and you can't tell the difference.In Analyse This, which ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at The New Zealand Herald
Movie Reviews UK
Maybe it's the menace Robert De Niro's characters are capable of summoning that enraptures our sense of humour so efficiently when he stars in a comedy. Perhaps we are relieved and hence simultaneously enthralled at the prospect of all that potential ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Movie Reviews UK
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A male nurse (Ben Stiller) musters up the courage to finally propose to his girlfriend. Realizing that her family is very traditional, he understands that he must first get her father’s approval before popping the big question. While spending a weekend ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at DVD Clinic ("Dr. Drew")
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I thought Meet the Parents was going to be some dumb schlock going in, and I'm happily surprised to say I ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Rachel Gordon)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Comedy often erupts from watching someone deal with discomfort. And few things are as uncomfortable as that first meeting with your future in-laws.InMeet the Parents, Ben Stiller finds himself on the in-law griddle, and he's adept ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
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DVD REVIEW: Meet the Parents - Collector's Edition
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
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)
REVIEW: Meet The Parents
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)
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)
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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
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)
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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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)
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)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
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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...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)
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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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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)
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 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)
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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
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)
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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
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)
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)
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)
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"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)
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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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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)
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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)
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absurd, non-stop and crazy fun ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
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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)
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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
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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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)
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)
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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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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
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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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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)
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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)
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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)
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
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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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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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What saves the movie from remaining an exercise in self-parody for all involved is director Roach's feel for the material. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Film Threat (Ron Wells)
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None of the jokes are forced, which makes Meet the Parents a singular achievement. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
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Guaranteed to put you off suggested Sunday outings for life. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
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Great humor comes from simple, universal truths, and there are few rites-of-passage as unnerving as meeting your prospective spouse's family. That's the dreaded dilemma facing Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) who realizes that it's important to get her father's ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Susan Granger
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Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) gives his daughter's boyfriend, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), a lie detector test in Meet The Parents.Ben Stiller essentially reprises his role as a lovestruck nebbish from There's Something About Mary here as Greg Focker, male ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
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Yes, "Meet The Parents" is yet another victim of its own publicity. In between the various theatrical and television promos for the film, the ad men seem to have successfully spoiled just about every joke in the movie. Comedy relies on being unexpected; ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Shannon Patrick Sullivan
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When the script puts its faith in the audience, allowing us to find the laughs on our own, the film is irresistible, a bright lark. Yet when the writers panic, upping the antic volume and shifting into crazed sitcom gear, the lark stops. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
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The sight-gags and verbal repartee hinge upon uninspired, lowest-common-denominator hijinks. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Bad for kids, the hero lies constantly, he never regrets or apologizes, but is forgiven for telling a single truth. Most of the humor is low, humiliating and painful. ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Whoever convinced the talents of Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller to appear in a movie as relentlessly unfunny and astonishingly dull as Meet the Parents should be hunted down and savagely defiled. Never before have two such skilled actors been so ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
That Cow (B. Kiefer)
Jay Roach directed this movie. He's probably better known for directing the Austin Power trilogy. Ben Stiller stars as the boyfriend of Robert DeNiro's daughter. Practically no one else in the cast matters. The father vs boyfriend is the ...read the complete Meet the Parents movie review at That Cow (B. Kiefer)
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