Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents

2000 · 108 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.7 (5,512 votes)
Dir. Jay Roach · Starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff, Jon Abrahams · Music Randy Newman · Meet the Parents Collection

First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.

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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.

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This film is a masterclass in escalating social anxiety, delivering a relentless barrage of comedic mishaps. It's an uncomfortable yet uproarious journey through the minefield of first impressions and the desperate quest for familial acceptance, all wrapped in a broad, farcical package that will have you cringing and laughing in equal measure.

anxiousfarcicalcringe-comedyuncomfortableendearingsteadybroad comedysituational humorphysical comedymainstream comedyfirst impressionsfamily acceptancesocial anxietyidentity
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