Packed with cringe-worthy moments from beginning to end, Jay Roach's comedy is for anyone who has ever endured a weekend in the company of potential in-laws.
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08/15/08
Meet the Parents (2000)
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Reviews Counted:138
Fresh:116
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: This upbeat comedy is hilarious and, at the same time, believable and something people can relate to.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is head over heels in love with his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), and is ready to pop the big question. When his attempt to propose is thwarted by a phone call with the news... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner
Director: Jay Roach
Reviews for Meet the Parents
Top CriticAstutely observed, subtly played and consistently hilarious...
02/09/06
Top CriticThis is, unquestionably, the best comedy currently on release. Highly recommended.
10/30/02
One of those cruel-yet-very-funny crowd pleasers.
12/10/01
A five star hoot.
04/16/01
Top CriticA brilliant comedy in which we laugh that we do not cry -- although we do wince, as every expectation the main character has of things turning out okay crumbles and his face gets ever the redder.
02/07/01
With current comedy obsessed with oh-so-clever ironic gestures and tricksy pastiche, Meet the Parents' dedication to consistent, straightforward belly laughs is totally refreshing.
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08/19/09
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10/18/08
Top CriticNobody plays put-upon quite like Ben Stiller.
10/18/08
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10/18/08
Alas, poor Focker. He can't help himself. And we can't help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie.
08/15/08
Top CriticOwes about 55 percent of its charm to De Niro, who can be hilarious just sitting there.
03/11/08
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.
07/14/07
Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience
09/27/06
Contains enough belly-laughs and sly jokes to become one of the bigger crowd-pleasers of the fall.
07/24/06
What saves the movie from remaining an exercise in self-parody for all involved is director Roach's feel for the material.
12/06/05
Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffes.
12/06/05
An entertaining little outing, but not something that will stay with me.
04/09/05
The best American comedy of 2000. It has wit, slapstick and romance -- as well as an improbable comedy team in Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller
01/03/05
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November 18, 2008:
More Fockers for Stiller? 
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February 26, 2007:
Yep, "Little Fockers"
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