A comedy that has likeable, human characters as well as consistent laughs.
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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
A hilarious comedy about the ridiculous lenghts a young man goes to in order to prove himself to his girlfriend's family.
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This isn't Ernst Lubitsch or anything, but the movie is consistently funny without the calculated gross-out moments that have been dominating mainstream comedy in recent years.
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Meet the Parents is a one- -- well, maybe two- -- joke idea that starts out goofy and fun, but soon runs out of verbal or visual ammunition.
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A comedy that works for the most part while in other sections has the audience waiting for a TV laugh track that doesn't come.
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Though Meet the Parents features a capable supporting cast, the laughs come almost exclusively from the tussle between Stiller and De Niro, and both deliver.
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Even with Stiller and De Niro, Meet the Parents is an encounter that can be postponed until it's available on video.
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See it with someone you love -- and maybe with his or her parents.
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In many ways reminiscent of There's Something About Mary.
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You feel you've seen it all before: There's Something About Mary did it funnier, and The Heartbreak Kid did it wiser. But when Stiller is let loose, you never feel that Charles Grodin did it drier.
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Meet the Parents is much too herky-jerky to be completely successful, and it follows each laugh-out-loud scene with one that is completely -- or is at least a bit -- cringe-worthy.
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Plays like a thirty minute sitcom that overstays its welcome for more than an hour.
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Watching Ben get the girl or be seriously injured trying always has its dry, keening pleasures.
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Meet the Parents might not be sophisticated comedy, but it's certainly enjoyable.
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While it's a truism that all comedy has an element of sadism, it doesn't necessarily follow that all sadism is funny.
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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.
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De Niro delivers.
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If ever there was a movie that felt like it was built backward, it's Meet the Parents.
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Stiller and De Niro play off well against each other, and neither goes too far off the deep end.
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Very fun and very entertaining.
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