ComedyRomance

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.

Release Date : 2000-10-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesDreamWorks PicturesNancy Tenenbaum FilmsTribeca Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Greg Focker

Original Name : Ben Stiller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Byrnes

Original Name : Robert De Niro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pam Byrnes

Original Name : Teri Polo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dina Byrnes

Original Name : Blythe Danner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Debbie Byrnes

Original Name : Nicole DeHuff

Gender : Female

Character Name : Denny Byrnes

Original Name : Jon Abrahams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kevin Rawley

Original Name : Owen Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Larry Banks

Original Name : James Rebhorn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Bob Banks

Original Name : Tom McCarthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linda Banks

Original Name : Phyllis George

Gender : Female

Character Name : Flight Attendant

Original Name : Kali Rocha

Gender : Female

Character Name : Norm the Interrogator

Original Name : Bernie Sheredy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pharmacy Clerk

Original Name : Judah Friedlander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Animal Shelter Worker

Original Name : Peter Bartlett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chicago Airport Security

Original Name : John Elsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Patient

Original Name : Mark Hammer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Agent

Original Name : Amy Hohn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father O'Boyle

Original Name : William Severs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kinky

Original Name : John Fiore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kali Rocha

Original Name : Marilyn Dobrin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Traveler

Original Name : Marci Reid

Gender : Female

Character Name : Courier

Original Name : Frank Santorelli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Late Night Courier

Original Name : Russell Hornsby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Girl

Original Name : Patricia Cook

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little Boy

Original Name : Cody Arens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Boy

Original Name : Cole Hawkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Boy

Original Name : Spencer Breslin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Worker

Original Name : Ina Rosenthal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Kim Rideout

Gender : Female

Character Name : Airport Policeman

Original Name : Kresh Novakovic

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : John Joseph Gallagher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : G.A. Aguilar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security Guard

Original Name : Lynn Ann Castle

Gender : Female

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-05-29

**_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+

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-17

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?