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Meet the Parents Collection
Meet the Parents
First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.
- Original title
- Meet the Parents
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $55,000,000
- Revenue
- $330,444,045
CinemaSerf
Apr 17, 2024 · via TMDB
The time has come for "Greg" (Ben Stiller) to meet the parents of his girlfriend "Pam" (Teri Polo). He wants to marry her, indeed he even buys a ring - but when the airline makes him check in his bag, then lose the thing and a baby throws up over his shirt he might be forgiven for thinking he'd be better of staying at home. Nope, he perseveres and meets her folks - "Jack" (Robert De Niro) and "Dina" (Blythe Danner) and now his troubles really do begin. Rather than just the usual charming family repartee, "Greg" finds himself under a microscope of penetrative inquisition from his would-be in-law, and it gradually emerges that he has maybe held back on a few truths with "Pam" and he does (or doesn't) like cats. He's also a male nurse called "Focker" - further facts which don't really helps his cause, either. As the weekend progresses, "Greg" lurches from the frying pan to the fire, trashes a sentimental urn, get's stitched up by her brother "Denny" (Jon Abrahams) and I think if it'd been me, I'd have abandoned ship however much I might have loved the woman. Danner always manages to impose herself gently in comedy, her facial expressions and demeanour adding an approving or disapproving look that speaks volumes, and here she works well with De Niro whose controlling behaviour is really the source of much of the humour here. It's not laugh out loud funny, and there's far too much dialogue, but when De Niro is at his most controllingly mischievous, then this is worth a watch. Who doesn't like a bit of Peter, Paul & Mary too?
Wuchak
May 29, 2023 · via TMDB
**_A serious beau becomes a master of disaster when he meets his girlfriend's parents_** A male nurse from Chicago (Ben Stiller) wants to pop the question to his girlfriend (Teri Polo), but first has to visit Long Island and meet the parents (Robert De Niro & Blythe Danner). “Meet the Parents” (2001) is a good romantic comedy with Stiller effective as the every-man in a challenging mundane situation that most guys can relate to. The first half involves droll humor as Greg awkwardly meets his potential parents-in-law and suspects that the father doesn’t like him. Yet this is just a set-up for the wild mishaps of the second half as Murphy’s Law goes into effect. Teri looks great while Nicole DeHuff is on hand as the sister. Elsewhere, an iconic actor of the period shows up in the second half, but I don’t want to give it away as it’s a welcome surprise (it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out seeing as how this is a Ben Stiller comedy). The sequel “Meet the Fockers” came out four years later and it’s lousy by comparison with distasteful non-humor consisting mostly of juvenile jokes about sex from senior citizens. It was an embarrassment to the iconic actors. The movie runs 1 hour, 48 minutes, and was shot mostly on Long Island at Old Brookville and nearby Oyster Bay. GRADE: B+
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Ben Stiller
Greg Focker
Robert De Niro
Jack Byrnes
Teri Polo
Pam Byrnes
Blythe Danner
Dina Byrnes
Nicole DeHuff
Debbie Byrnes
Jon Abrahams
Denny Byrnes
Owen Wilson
Kevin Rawley
James Rebhorn
Dr. Larry Banks
Tom McCarthy
Dr. Bob Banks
Phyllis George
Linda Banks
Kali Rocha
Flight Attendant
Bernie Sheredy
Norm the Interrogator
Judah Friedlander
Pharmacy Clerk
Peter Bartlett
Animal Shelter Worker
John Elsen
Chicago Airport Security
Amy Hohn
Ticket Agent
John Fiore
Kinky
Frank Santorelli
Courier
Russell Hornsby
Late Night Courier
Cody Arens
Little Boy
Cole Hawkins
Little Boy
Spencer Breslin
Little Boy
Kresh Novakovic
Airport Policeman
John Joseph Gallagher
Cop
Mike Bundlie
Graphic Designer
John Davis
Storyboard Artist
Peter James
Director of Photography
Daniel Orlandi
Costume Supervisor
Solange Monnier
Craft Service
Brian Byers
Other
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Peter Epstein
Stunts
Jay Roach
Director
Marco Schnabel
Second Unit Director
Jon Poll
Editor
Emo Philips
Associate Producer
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Shauna Robertson
Co-Producer
Jane Rosenthal
Producer
Jay Roach
Producer
Robert De Niro
Producer
Goro Koyama
Foley Artist
Don Davis
Orchestrator
Randy Newman
Original Music Composer
George H. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Jim Herzfeld
Screenplay
John Hamburg
Screenplay
Greg Glienna
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Rules of Single Life
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Just Say Yes
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Just Go with It
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Wedding Crashers
Father of the Bride
The Other End of the Line
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Wedding Season
Meet the Fockers
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Oct 6, 2000
