Meet the Parents (DVD)

Sometimes you look at a movie trailer and think..hmmm...that looks a bit average. That’s how I felt about Meet The Parents but I was pleasantly surprised. Directed by Jay Roach (responsible for the Austin Powers shenanigans) and starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, this film is a charming, funny slap-stick affair reflecting on the sometimes terse encounters between perspective in-laws and their future son-in-law (which some of us can relate to only too well!). --------------------------------------------- Running time 108 minutes Rated 12 Cast: Robert De Niro .... Jack Byrnes Ben Stiller .... Gaylord 'Greg' Focker ...  Read the complete review

"Meet The Parents" is an extremely funny film based around Greg (played by Ben Stiller) trying to get into the good books of prospective father-in-law Jack Byrnes (Robert DeNiro), so that he have his approval to marry his daughter Pam (Teri Polo). While the film was not quite laugh-a-minute it does carry on easily enough. The humour grows as the film progresses while the story also develops nicely. An awful lot of incidents are packed in,and I found myself being surprised when I learnt that it was only 107 minutes in length. So what do the 107 minutes comprise? Well, even if you are not into gushy love stories (yes, the film has a predictable ...  Read the complete review

Meet the Parents is a funny story based as much on the strong personalities of its stars as it is on the flimsy story itself. Written by Greg Glienna and directed by Jay Roach it is a comedy with heart and it made a lot of money at the box office. The film is based around Gaylord 'Greg' Focker (Ben Stiller) a male nurse who means well but is very accident prone, the role is almost a follow on from his character in 'There's something about Mary'. Greg plans to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) unfortunately having organised her school kids to spell the words 'Will you marry me' out, she receives a call from her sister to say she is getting married. ...  Read the complete review

Greg Focker, real name Gaylord Focker (Ben Stiller) is a male nurse much to the amusement of all his friends and colleagues. He's been with Pam (Teri Polo) for 10 months now and he knows that she's 'the one'. After work one afternoon he arranges to propose to Pam by getting the young children she teaches to spell out 'Marry me Pam' with pieces of cards, however it doesn't exactly go according to plan. Pam is momentarily distracted by the news that her sister has just got engaged and she happens to mention that her sister's fiancé is in her Dad's good books as he asked his permission before proposing. When Greg and Pam travel to meet her parents Greg is hoping ...  Read the complete review

The signs weren't too good - Ben Stiller as the main lead, Robert De Niro in his new found tough guy/funny guy mode and a character by the name of Gay Focker - do we really need that sort of thing, tsk, tsk, tsk, etc - now this is going to either be interesting or pretty dire... Well, I'll come back to which later, but for the time being, knowing the anoraks out there, I'll give you the bullet point run down, courtesy of Yahoo's Movie Review pages ... Release date - October 6, 2000 Video release date - March 6, 2001 MPAA rating - PG - 13 Cast - Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes, Ben Stiller as the aforementioned Greg/Gaylord ...  Read the complete review