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Mood:
- HumorousWitty
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Plot:
- Nothing Goes RightParents and ChildrenEccentric FamilyFamily GatheringsFamily LifeWeddingsLove and RomanceCouples more...
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Genres:
- ComedyHollywood Tone
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USAIndoorsSuburbs
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Audience:
- Date NightTeens
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- Award WinnerBlockbusterCritically Acclaimed
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- Comedy of ErrorsGrossout HumorFarceSilly Humor
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Meet the Parents, 2000
English, Thai, Spanish, Hebrew, French
USA
Profile of Meet the Parents
The mood of Meet the Parents is humorous and witty. The plot centers around weddings, a family gathering, and an eccentric family. It features a comedy of errors and grossout humor. Meet the Parents is a comedy movie. Stylistically, it has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Meet the Parents takes place, at least partly, indoors and in the suburbs. The setting is the USA. It happens in contemporary times. Meet the Parents is known for being a blockbuster, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a date night and teens.
Summary of Meet the Parents
MEET THE PARENTS stars Ben Stiller as the unfortunately named Greg Focker, a neurotic nurse intent on marrying his girlfriend, Pam (Teri Polo). But when the couple visits Pam's family home for her sister's wedding, he must first win the approval of her father, Jack (Robert De Niro), a protective ex-CIA agent. Before long, the awkward Greg and the suspicious Jack go head-to-head, resulting in hilarious scenes that feature a lie detector test, a suburban car chase, a toilet-trained cat, and a mean game of water volleyball. As the misunderstandings and mistakes reach an almost nightmarish peak, it seems as though Greg may never win over Pam's unflinching guardian.
Featuring the inspired pairing of Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller (and an excellent appearance by Owen Wilson), director Jay Roach's clever comedy exemplifies every man's worst fears about courtship. When things for Stiller's character get bad, they just continue to get worse, culminating in a ridiculously funny airport scene. In the tradition of ANNIE HALL and FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, MEET THE PARENTS is an intelligent yet slapstick comedy about the eccentricities of the American family.
Details
| Language: | English, Thai, Spanish, Hebrew, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 6 October 2000 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
Cast and Crew
as Jack Byrnes
as Gaylord 'Greg' Focker
as Pam Byrnes
as Dina Byrnes
as Kevin Rawley
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Critics Reviews
Salon.com
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- by: Stephanie Zacharek
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Bob Graham
Users Reviews
- 01.November.2008
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- by: ani
- ani rated this movie7/10Good
- 23.August.2008
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- by: ralph.wiggum
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