Movie Information
Overall Rank: 2457
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 483
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/2000
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson, Jon Abrahams
Plot: A male nurse who is in love meets his girl friends parents for the first time. Little does he know that her father is a former spy for the CIA.
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2.5/4
FSUNoles27TS - wrote on 12/05/2012
A very funny movie. It does though overdo it a little bit with both Stiller and De Niro.
Rating of
2.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 11/04/2012
I was pleasantly surprised by this; De Niro's performance is all the funnier by his totally deadpan delivery and Stiller is also comparatively restrained (although the fact that his character's name is Gay Focker prepares you for a certain lack of subtlety...)
Rating of
2.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 11/04/2012
I was pleasantly surprised by this; De Niro's performance is all the funnier by his totally deadpan delivery and Stiller is also comparatively restrained (although the fact that his character's name is Gay Focker prepares you for a certain lack of subtlety...)
Full Movie Reviews
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3.5/4
The circle trust is very hilarious.
mdtinney - wrote on 10/21/2009
Imagine asking Robert De Niro for his daughter's hand in marriage. (Shudder!) Now imagine he's an ex-CIA agent who keeps a lie detector in his basement. (Eek!) Now imagine you're Ben Stiller.
Now you see where "Meet the Parents" gets all its best laughs. A middling comedy-of-the-uncomfortable escapade in which casting is the key, "Parents" stars Stiller as Greg Focker, a very nervous boyfriend spending a nightmare weekend at the childhood home of the girl he loves (Teri Polo). Plagued by the worst of luck while trying desperately to buddy up to her folks, Greg's missing luggage containing the engagement ring is the least of his problems (that is, until the wrong bag is delivered later, packed with S&M paraphernalia). He can't seem to get a laugh out of Mom (Blythe Danner) and Dad to …
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