| Meet the Parents (Full Screen Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole Dehuff
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  412 reviews
Sales Rank: 18974
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Hebrew (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Thai (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD25460D
ISBN: 1417011203
UPC: 025192546020
EAN: 9781417011209
ASIN: B00049QLTQ
Theatrical Release Date: October 6, 2000
Release Date: December 14, 2004
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Product Description
An about-to-be-married man meets his in-laws and screws up royally. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Robert De Niro John Abrahams Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Jay Roach
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Randy Newman's opening song, "A Fool in Love," perfectly sets up the movie that follows. The lyrics begin, "Show me a man who is gentle and kind, and I'll show you a loser," before praising the man who takes what he wants. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is the fool in love in Meet the Parents. Just as he's about to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), he learns that her sister's fiance asked their father, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), for permission to marry. Now he feels the need to do the same thing. When Greg meets Jack, he is so desperate to be liked that he makes up stories and kisses ass rather than having the courage of his convictions. It doesn't take an elite member of the CIA to see right through Greg, but that's precisely what Jack is. Directed by Jay Roach (the Austin Powers movies), Meet the Parents is an incredibly well-crafted comedy that stands in nice opposition to, say, the sloppy extremes of the Farrelly brothers. Stiller is great at playing up the uncomfortable comedy of errors, balancing just the right amount of selfishness and self-deprecating humor, while De Niro's Jack is funny as the hard-ass father who just wants a few straight answers from the kid. What makes the Jack character all the funnier is Blythe Danner as his wife, the Gracie to his George Burns, who is the true heart of the movie. Oh, and Owen Wilson turns in yet another terrific comic performance as Pam's ex-fiance. --Andy Spletzer
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 A fun family comedy. November 10, 2008
There comes a time in a man's life when everything seems to be going accordingly...you get that big promotion at work, you meet the woman of your dreams and you're finally ready to pop the big question...you buy the ring, have the kids in her daycare spell out "will you marry me" only to be interrupted by a phone call from her sister who just got engaged to Dr. Bob...but all isn't a total loss...you've just learnt that asking daddy's permission to marry his daughter is a step that is important in this family's circle...so it's time to meet the parents.
The moment Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) arrives at the airport everything goes wrong...he is forced to check his luggage, he bought a rare flower to give to her parents, and he's a smoker. All minor issues until we meet Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) who plays the scrutinizing, over-protective father perfectly. Trying to win the approval of daddy, Greg relies on a few innocent white lies to aid him in earning the hand of the woman he loves...only to find out that daddy is an ex CIA agent trained in lie detection. The way these two actors play off each other is nothing short of hilarious. Every event in the movie goes awry for Focker and the lies he weaves to try and spin the situation into a positive light are classic.
For instance: The toilet in the guest bedroom sticks and can't be flushed...one night Greg forgets the warning and flushes the toilet...the next day the backyard is filled with run-off from an over-flowed septic tank...Greg then proceeds to blame the cat, Jinxie, saying the cat must have flushed the toilet. How can the cat flush the toilet when it doesn't have thumbs? The entire movie goes back and forth like this producing one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. With few swear words and even less innuendos, Meet The Parents is a fun family comedy that most will enjoy.
Love this movie September 29, 2008
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are really good in this movie. Its funny and Robert DeNiro plays a great overbearing father.
 Champagne at the Drug store September 5, 2008
What the Hell was this. Mums Champagne at the Oyster Bay Drug store. This is Long Island NY not Kansas Dorothy. Get Real just blew it for me.A NY Drug store selling Booze. Yeah, right next to the Sorghum seeds Hoss..
 Pretty bad. September 2, 2008
Meet the Parents starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller is not that funny or original. Blythe Danner is pretty good in this but Teri Polo is one horrible actress, she's so lame and wooden. I have never been a Stiller fan but his chemistry with De Niro makes this movie not so dreadful. I don't why but I saw the sequel to this film a few years ago I enjoyed that one more than this. The jokes are somewhat crude but if you like those kind of comdies than this film is for you.
Decent film August 31, 2008
I enjoy this film & it's follow up "Meet the Fockers". Certainly NOT the best film ever made-far from it. Enjoyable. I am NOT a fan of Ben Stiller's. This is 1 of the 4 films I like where he is in a starring role. The other 2 "Night at the Museum" & "There's Something About Mary" HE BASICALLY PLAYED THE SAME ROLE IN ALL 3 FILMS. A nobody reacting to things going on around him & overreacting.
I actually like the follow up film more than the original. Another negative of the original: Owen Wilson Only got to see him briefly in the 2cd film.
Randy Newman's same old music-we've heard in films over the years & they all sound the same.
Good NOT GREAT extras on the DVD package.
Hard to feel for Stiller's character in either film when his character lies all the time.
The speeding to get back to Jack's (DeNiro's) house because of the Jinx? the cat lost bit. WHERE WAS THE NEEDED REACTION FROM THE OTHER CHARACTERS ABOUT GREG SPEEDING & BEING UNSAFE?
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