herzigmary Meet the parents is a movie about a male nurse named Greg Focker who wants to propose to his girlfriend. He won't do it until he gets her father's blessing however, and this proves to be difficult. Jack is an ex-CIA agent who dislikes Greg's career choice and religion, so he makes it very difficult for Greg to impress him. Through a while film of mishaps and misunderstandings, this movie uses dark comedy, comedic timing, and some emotional parts that create a great film that tells you to except yourself even if someone else doesn't.

bkoganbing Robert DeNiro in one of his occasional forays into comedy is both funny and terrifying as the dad from hell who scares away all of his daughter Teri Polo's boyfriends and potential husbands in Meet The Parents. Those meetings are an ordeal especially when this man who was from the CIA and specializes in subtle and not so subtle interrogation techniques and has his house bugged in every which way.The latest boyfriend is Ben Stiller who has been living with Polo and now they want to make it official. The fact they're together without benefit of clergy is enough to disqualify him from the start so Polo says let's not mention it. The second is that Stiller is a male nurse and that's not quite manly enough for dad to see as a profession for a son-in-law.Observing it all and keeping mum is Mom, Blythe Danner. One wonders how she hooked up with DeNiro all those years.Stiller and DeNiro really have the comic timing down beautifully. For Stiller this is old hat for DeNiro this is a chance to show his versatility. Best scene is the whole sequence at the airport as Stiller has decided he's had enough. He learns as well all know is that there's no such thing as ex-CIA.Two sequels have been made from Meet The Parents and who knows there may be more. I hope so.

willcundallreview Rating-7/10 Meet the Parents is a comedy and almost kind of romance movie that boats a stellar cast and some funny lines. The humour here is spread out well and the laughs don't just all come in one scene or the other, it makes you laugh at the end and the beginning too. I think the majority of the laughs are more physical than what they say, but what I will add is that when Greg(Ben Stiller) says certain lines, they come off brilliantly. I felt it was just about good and here below is why.The cast here seem excellent and Ben Stiller as I mentioned is cast well in the lead role as Greg, his physical humour matches up to his line delivery and both combine very well. Robert De Niro as the father in law Jack is great as well, he somehow seems to mix serious but still feel funny and all credit to him on this one. Teri Polo as Pam, Greg's finance, is well cast and so even is Blythe Danner including people like Owen Wilson too to create a first rate bunch of characters. It's written well, now what I will say is that the script doesn't quite produce as memorable scenes as some of the more physical jokes do but there still funny anyway. John Hamburg and Jim Herzfeld do a good job as I say writing this and both seem to combine past experiences well, with Hamburg who worked with Stiller on "Zoolander" yet again bringing out the laughs and the type of humour we have come to expect.I think the director Jay Roach is probably the best thing in a way about this, yes you may say how is it not Stiller, but Roach is the master here when it comes to the most memorable parts, and a lot of the laughs. Roach seems to be able to not only get good delivery, but make things very awkward, and part of you even feels awkward watching it at times. Now Meet the Parents isn't the funniest film you will ever see, if it is then there is much else out you need to see, but it does stand tall when it comes to comedy, and laughs can be had a plenty everywhere. I think although it is a typical comedy type plot, the jokes and the cast involved+ some memorable scenes create a movie that is new when it comes to jokes and even maybe creates a new type of Rom-Com.On the jokes side again, pretty much any scene where it goes wrong for Greg is funny, whether he is hurt, hurts somebody or basically does something to destroy something, It makes not only Stiller's reactions funnier, but also how the cast react, just hilarious on that side of things. I also think how De Niro goes from actually kind of nice to angry in a matter of seconds is perfect, top class acting from the great.So overall I think this is a good movie, just scraping into being good but still a good one. I think the reason it isn't great is that it isn't smart ENOUGH, it is smart but there could have been some better jokes or maybe even this type of plot just only works to a certain point. Nevertheless I can't recommend this more, whether you like Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro or any of the cast involved, your sure to have a great time and laugh a lot along the way.

ryklinker It's every man's worst nightmare: meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time. This idea is even more intimidating for Greg Focker (Stiller), a male nurse, who hopes to soon propose to his girlfriend Pam. As Pam's sister has just been proposed to, the couple is invited to the wedding, and meets Pam's parents. On first glance, Pam's father Jack is kind and loving; however, we soon see Jack calling someone for Greg's legal records and files. Even for the most innocent person, this is something that you do not want someone to be investigating into. As the two men talk more and more, Jack becomes more and more suspicious and unforgiving towards Greg. Not long after, polygraph tests are given, events become disasters, and life for Greg becomes a torment.I originally wanted to see this because it featured my favorite actor, Robert De Niro. Though he usually is in a role where he is a mobster, hit-man, etc., this is one of the roles where he tried his hand at comedic acting. After successes like Analyze This, where he made fun of his tough- guy persona, he received more lighthearted roles, and this is one of them. The plot itself is simple. A man meets his potential father-in-law, and the father-in-law makes his time miserable. Before I hit "Play", I thought, "Well they'll have some good jokes, Stiller will do his usually shenanigans, and it'll end soundly. Needless to say, it did not go as I thought. The basic plot's humor wears off within the first 40 minutes, and the remaining 1 hour and 8 minutes is just potty humor, distasteful sex jokes, and Ben Stiller looking stupid (as usual). I'm not sure if it was my expectations coming into the film that were too high, or the quality of the film was so low in actuality, but I did not like this film very much. I can appreciate low-brow humor when it is done correctly, but the Stiller brand of comedy is not one that I've ever found good, and I doubt that I ever will. www.sportsandcelluloid.blogspot.com