Meet the Parents (2000)

Directed by

Jay Roach

Genre

comedy film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6,451 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man visits his girlfriend's parents for the first time and tries to win over her overprotective father. His good intentions lead to a series of embarrassing and disastrous situations.

awkwardlightheartedfarcicalstressfulromanticcomedicfast-pacedcringe-inducing

What happens

Meet the Parents is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. It stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who visits his girlfriend Pam's parents, overprotective Jack (Robert De Niro) and pacifistic Dina (Blythe Danner), and suffers from a series of unfortunate events. Teri Polo stars as Pam, and Owen Wilson stars as Pam's ex-boyfriend Kevin. The film is a remake of the 1992 film Meet the Parents directed by and starring Greg Glienna, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Mary Ruth Clarke. Universal Pictures purchased the rights to Glienna's film with the intent of creating a new version. Herzfeld expanded the original script but development was halted for some time. Roach read the expanded script and expressed his desire to direct it. At that time, DreamWorks Pictures' Steven Spielberg was interested in directing while Jim Carrey was interested in playing the lead role. Universal offered the film to Roach only after Spielberg and Carrey left the project. Released in the United States and Canada on October 6, 2000, and distributed by Universal and DreamWorks internationally, the film earned back its initial budget of $55 million in only 11 days. It became one of the highest-grossing films of 2000, earning more than $165 million in North America and more than $330 million worldwide. It was well received by film critics and viewers alike, winning several awards and earning additional nominations. Ben Stiller won two comedy awards for his performance, and the film was chosen as the Favorite Comedy Motion Picture at the 2001 People's Choice Awards. It was followed by the sequels Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). A fourth film in the franchise titled Focker-in-Law is in production and set for release in Thanksgiving 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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