Meet the Parents (2001, VHS)

I will admit that I went into watching Meet The Parents with relatively low expectations. In fact, I didn t even see the film in the theater. It was only after much nagging from my then-girlfriend did I even finally watch it. I was a marginal Ben Stiller fan at best and while Robert DeNiro is one of my all-time favorite actors, I couldn t imagine he would be entertaining in a comedy (she didn t know about Midnight Run, so my argument was partially valid). Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Meet The Parents really offers nothing new to the world of cinema. It is the...

I came out of the video store with a happy skip in my step. I got it. I finally got it. I d missed it in the theater and it was always checked out at my local Videorama, but today luck was on my side. I opened the car door and trumpeted to my family: I rented something good for us tonight! The chorus of Grouchettes answered: What? What? I held up the copy of Meet the Parents. Dad! You idiot! How could you?! This from my 16-year-old son sitting in the back seat. From the expression on his face, I thought he d just bitten into a moldy tomato. Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? I said to him. How...

I saw this movie when I was on vacation. My daughter had seen it and wanted me to see it. I had heard bad reviews about it. Even my son who likes funny movies said that it was stupid. Well, I guess this is one that people either love or hate. I loved it and want to see it again. Does that mean that I have a sick sense of humor?? Probably it does. I was born with it and I cant help it. Ben Stiller plays the bumbling future son-in-law perfectly. Probably not as well as Peter Sellers Could Have, but that takes a special pathetic look. Robert DeNiro, plays the father in law that is going to be a..

Introduction For the first time in a long time my husband and I got a babysitter and went on a date. We knew we wanted to see a movie, and there was no question of which movie we wanted to see. My husband and I had seen the previews for Meet the Parents and thought it looked hysterical. We weren t expecting Oscar-worth film, just a few good laughs. We got exactly what we wanted from this movie, and then some! Characters/Story Gaylord Greg Focker Ben Stiller delivers an excellent portrayal of Greg Focker, a man in love and up to his eyeballs in problems. Greg wants to marry Pam. Just as he s...