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Name: Meet the Parents
Director: Jay Roach
Genre: comedy, romance
Released: 2000
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7

Meet the Parents has an iRankMovies score of 74.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Meet the Parents (2000)

First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.

Release:2000

Runtime:1h 48m

Country:United States

Director:Jay Roach

Language:English

Genre

ComedyRomance

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Keywords

DaughterCentral Intelligence Agency CiaAirplaneAirportNurseCatOrderlyFather In Law

iRank74

Meet the Parents rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 376K votes

Rotten Tomatoes85%

Metacritic73%

TMDb6.696/10· 6K votes

With 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 73/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Meet the Parents

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.

Cast of Meet the Parents

Ben Stiller
as Greg Focker
Robert De Niro
as Jack Byrnes
Teri Polo
as Pam Byrnes
Blythe Danner
as Dina Byrnes
Nicole DeHuff
as Debbie Byrnes
Jon Abrahams
as Denny Byrnes
Owen Wilson
as Kevin Rawley
James Rebhorn
as Dr. Larry Banks
Tom McCarthy
as Dr. Bob Banks
Phyllis George
as Linda Banks
Kali Rocha
as Flight Attendant
Bernie Sheredy
as Norm the Interrogator

Meet the Parents facts

Budget: $55M
Box office: $330.4M
Collection: Meet the Parents Collection

Our take on Meet the Parents

Jay Roach's comedy hinges on a familiar nightmare taken to its limit: meeting the parents. Greg Focker wants to propose to his girlfriend Pam but first has to survive a weekend with her intimidating father, a humorless former CIA agent whose suspicion never lets up. Set around the wedding of Pam's sister, Greg's every attempt to impress backfires, snowballing into an escalating chain of small catastrophes under Jack's unblinking scrutiny. It's a romance-tinged farce built on social mortification and mounting bad luck, mining the awkwardness of wanting approval you can't seem to earn. Ideal for anyone who enjoys cringe-driven comedy about family, first impressions, and everything that can possibly go wrong.

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