Meet the Parents (2000) movie poster

Meet the Parents (2000)

"First comes love. Then comes the interrogation."
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👍 79%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 79%
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Director
Jay Roach
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.7/10 (6,298 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
73

Cast

Ben Stiller as Greg Focker · 72% avg
Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes · 73% avg
Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes · 72% avg
Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes · 70% avg
Nicole DeHuff as Debbie Byrnes
Jon Abrahams as Denny Byrnes · 74% avg
Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley · 72% avg
James Rebhorn as Dr. Larry Banks · 72% avg

Is Meet the Parents good?

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 79%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#995 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#68 / 122 · 2000
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 10 · Jay Roach

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy directed by Jay Roach. Ben Stiller stars as Greg "Gaylord" Focker, a male nurse desperately trying to impress his girlfriend's intimidating father Jack Byrnes, played by Robert De Niro, a retired CIA operative whose surveillance skills, polygraph machine, and circle of trust make every moment of Greg's visit to the Byrnes household an escalating nightmare of embarrassment and suspicion. Robert De Niro's restrained menace as the overprotective father who deploys CIA interrogation techniques on prospective sons-in-law was a perfect comedic counterweight.

The phrase "circle of trust" entered popular culture. Meet the Parents earned $330 million worldwide on a $55 million budget and spawned two sequels.

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 37,447💬 1,061 comments
Ben Stiller is now the same age that Robert De Niro was in Meet the Parents. When will we get the next installment in the series where Greg Focker is now the parent that gets to scrutinize someone his kid is dating?
Little Fockers came out in 2010 and the kids were 5 years old which would make them 17 now. A little time jump (and the fact that the next movie... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "The grand fockers"
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⬆ 31,373💬 1,299 comments
Ben Stiller is now the same age as Robert De Niro was when he made Meet the Parents
I think it’s time for a fourth film in the saga. Imagine this, a 56 year old Greg Focker is shocked when his daughter brings home a drop kick... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "woah. Robert De Niro looks 65 in that movie. Shocked that he was only 56."
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