Meet the Parents (DVD) Reviews

This film had so much potential, with a great cast. De Niro has moved from his hard man roles into a few comedies lately with "Analyse This" and this latest offering. The cast are fantastic and carry out the parts well, but unfortunately all the best gags and lines end up in the trailers that had drawn me to the film. There are ...  Read the complete review

In the same vein as "There's Something about Mary" (also starring Stiller) this is a comedy about one poor guy's disastrous meeting with his prospective wife's parents! But I don't think anyone could have this much bad luck in one weekend and survive it! The weekend starts badly when Greg's (played by ...  Read the complete review

It's hard to work out how he achieves it but Ben Stiller is a really funny guy. Although he can deliver a perfect deadpan line it's his somewhat puzzled while still trying to remain interested facial expression that has them laughing in the aisles every time. All of his comedies that I have seen 'Flirting with Disaster', ...  Read the complete review

Meet The Parents is a witty, work of genius. This film is about a mild mannered Jewish nurse(Stiller) who meets his girlfreinds parents and her dad turns out to be none other than - robert de niro, an ex rare flower specialist(so he claims - hes actually a CIA profiler). this is enough to scare any prospective husband but Stiller tries to impress ...  Read the complete review

Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro star in this very funny film about a man trying to impress who he hopes will be his future father in law. Ben Stiller plays Greg Focker, a male nurse, who is about to ask his girlfriend of ten months, Pam, played by Terri Polo, to marry him, when she receives a phone call from her sister saying she is about to get ...  Read the complete review

Every year, a simple yet clever comedy comes along that wins the hearts of the audience. This year it's the sweet love story 'Meet the Parents' that underlies the theme of family values. It is not really a love story between two people but between people, familes and friends. Director 'Jay Roach' who made the ...  Read the complete review

I saw this movie a couple of weeks ago and i have to say it was very enjoyable to watch, and it is one of the funniest films i have seen for a long while. The story is all about when this man (Ben Stiller) wants to ask his girlfriend to marry him, but when he is just about to he finds out that she can not accept until he has been approved by her ...  Read the complete review

Ben Stiller plays Greg, a man deeply in love, when he decides to propose to his girlfriend,Pam Byrnes (Played by Teri Polo) He has to overcome the first hurdle of meeting her parents!! Pams father Jack Byrnes(Robert De Niro) is a retired CIA agent pretending to be a florist. The weekend just starts off real bad for Greg as the ...  Read the complete review

Thank God for bigdave who also failed to find 'Meet the Parents' side-splittingly funny. I had stomach cramps for days after watching 'Dumb & Dumber' and was expecting more of the same...but...it's not in the same league. Perhaps may expectations were a little too high but this is no way a five star film. I laughed out loud ...  Read the complete review

Great comedy this film. It’s something probably everyone has to go through in meeting the parents and I’m sure a lot of this has happened to people in the past. It has everything that could go wrong to Greg (Ben Stiller) can go wrong. The over protective father Jack (Robert DeNiro) who Greg he wants to ask for him for his ...  Read the complete review

I know that this film has been out for a few weeks but I'm slow and have only just got round to seeing it. You've all probably seen it by now, and if you haven't will be sick of all these reviews that are being written about it so I might as well bury my head in a large bucket of sand... then again... For those of you who ...  Read the complete review

'Meet The Parents' definetly has to be one of the last movie highlights of 2000. It's pure classic comedy with a good cast of actors, great production and story line. The ending maybe a bit hackneyed, but it's expected and pleasing. Greg (Gaylord) (Ben Stiller) Focker (his name creates great amusement) plays the role of a male ...  Read the complete review

This film had me laughing all the way through! It is about a male nurse who falls in love with an ex CID man's daughter. Wanting to marry her, he finds that her father would prefer it if he asked his permission, so the couple go down to spend the weekend at the parents. In all honesty, all that happens is extremely true to life with a very ...  Read the complete review

In this hilarious, must see film, the main character's name, is, yes you probably won't believe me, but Ben Stiller is, Gay Lord Focker, and Robert De Niro, is a CIA agent, and the farther of the woman Gay loves, Pamela, (Teri Polo). Gay, doesn?t particularly like is name,( neither would I if my parents had called me Gay), and so ...  Read the complete review

I saw Meet the Parents in the cinema last night after having it recommended to me by lots of people. I have to admit to loving it. I am a fan of Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro so this film was always going to be good. The film is set around Ben Stiller's character who is going to meet his girlfriends parents for the first time. The ...  Read the complete review

I can't really bring myself to judge what I thought of this movie. First of all I missed half of it due to trying to get my cousins who I saw it with to stop messing around!! The movie had it's strong points and funny points. In my opinion I think Robert De Niro could have got a better and more asking role instead of this one ...  Read the complete review

This has got to be the funniest film of the year and I'm sure it will pull in huge audiences in the New Year. You wouldn't expect any less when you've got two of the best actors around. Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller. Lets sum up the main three characters: Greg Focker - Played by Ben Stiller he is one of the stars of this ...  Read the complete review

I couldn't think of a clever title to convey how good this film is, but believe me it is fantastic! The story in a nutshell is the age old problem - man loves woman, has to meet nightmare family before spending rest of life happy with woman. Ben Stiller is excellent as the hapless but well meaning Greg Focker who has a weekend from hell when ...  Read the complete review

Ben Stiller for me is one of the best comedy actors around. In this film he has an excellent co-star in Robert De Niro who is carving himself quite a comedy career of late. The scene is set with Greg Focker (Stiller) wanting to mary his girlfriend. She unwittingly hints that he will have to seek approval from her father (De Niro). Mayhem ...  Read the complete review

Director: Jay Roach; script: James Herzfeld, John Hamburg (based on the story by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke); cinematography: Peter James; musical score: Randy Newman Cast: Ben Stiller (Greg Focker), Robert DeNiro (Jack Byrnes), Teri Polo (Pam Byrnes), and Blythe Danner (Dina Byrnes). Meet The Parents is a remake of the 1992 ...  Read the complete review