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Meet the Parents (2000)
He finally met
the girl of his dreams. Too bad her dad's a nightmare.
Director: Jay Roach, rated PG-13
  Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner,
Teri Polo, James Rebhorn, Jon Abrahams, Owen Wilson
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
"I will be watching you,
studying your every move. And if I find that you are trying to
corrupt my firstborn child,
I will bring you down, baby. I will
bring you down to Chinatown." –
Jack Byrnes
Why watch this?
Every suitor's fear is a ball-busting father-in-law. This is
that nightmare in spades.
Plot Summary:
When male nurse Greg Focker prepares to propose to his
girlfriend Pam, he learns that her family's tradition dictates
that he must first meet her parents, which includes her
suspicious father, Jack. Throughout the weekend stay,
Greg's attempts to impress Jack are repeatedly undermined by
unfortunate mishaps, leading to a series of comedic
misunderstandings and a struggle to gain the family's approval.
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Dad's Preview:
This cringe comedy is founded on a simple premise: meeting your
inlaws for the first time, and it milks every
trope in the book, much to the delight of the audience. From minute one,
poor Greg (graced with the lowliest of professions as a male
nurse) is under intense scrutiny, as his future
father-in-law (of course a former CIA operative) schemes to trip him up
at every turn.
It's all hilarious, and everything that can go wrong for
Greg, painfully does. Nobody
plays the forlorn nice guy better than Ben Stiller, especially when De Niro is on his case. |
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TriBeCa
Productions, Nancy Tenenbaum
Prod.; Universal Pictures
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