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Summary: Hilarious!!!
Review: If you haven't purchased this movie yet there must be something wrong with you because it is great!!! Funny from the moment it starts to the slightly predictable ending. Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller do an excellent job for their first time together. I can't wait for the sequel.
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Summary: Dumber than Dumb and Dumber
Review: Great actors cannot save this movie. It is the first time in very long time that I didn't finish watching a DVD. This is the exception. Every joke and presumbably funny situation is so predictable and over the top. Where's the fun? Sorry, my comment is: Stupid! (doesn't merrit one star)
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Summary: Meet the Predictables
Review: What ELSE can go wrong to the character with a last name of Focker? Get it? Focker? This movie is way too predictable and silly. Just when you pray nothing else will go wrong...it does....you be the judge....boring.
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Summary: truly wonderful comedy
Review: Funny as well as touching, "Meet the Parents" blazes forth as one of the outstanding comedies of recent years. Co-writers Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke, along with director Jay Roach, have managed to make a film that is often laugh-out-loud hilarious without ever becoming overbearing or obnoxious, the style of choice for far too many other comedies made in this day and age. Although the film overflows with madcap situations and even outright slapstick at times, these comic elements are always tethered to the reality of the premise and to the emotional states of the characters involved. The foundation for any great comedy must, first and foremost, be its ability to connect with its audience on a personal level. "Meet the Parents" does so from the very start by tapping into the universal dilemma we all face at one time or another of desperately trying to make a good impression on someone we feel holds nothing less than the fate of our lives in their own two hands. For some of us this person might come in the form a boss or a potential employer or, as in poor Greg Focker's case, those most dreaded figures of all - the prospective in-laws. The comedy arises from seeing the chain of ever more preposterous events and circumstances that come along to sabotage his efforts. Greg is a goodhearted, well-meaning nebbish who wants nothing more out of life than to marry Pam, the girl he loves. First, however, he must climb over the rather formidable barrier of her eccentric father, Jack Byrnes, played to perfection by Robert De Niro, who certainly has his own offbeat way of looking at the world. The triumph of this film is that it never overdoes anything. The people in Pam's family and in their coterie of friends are all twisted it's true, but twisted in sly, subtle ways that knock both Greg and us slightly off our balance. Like Greg, we never quite know where these people are coming from and this greatly enhances the comedic quality of the film. Tone is everything in comedy and here the tone is just right. Byrnes can seem at one moment to be a reasonable loving father, then turn immediately around and make the most unbalanced comments about the most trivial matters. Even when the movie is at its most outrageous in terms of plot complications and slapstick, it never veers off the scale into incredibility. Part of the reason is that we feel so much empathy for Greg, the best Everyman character I have seen in a movie in a long time. Ben Stiller gives a beautifully understated comic performance in the main role. Greg's completely understandable feelings of nervousness, intimidation and growing frustration help to keep the film anchored in reality, even as the story threatens to spiral off into undisciplined absurdity. Luckily, the filmmakers never let this happen. They are also blessed with the genius of Mr. De Niro, who never makes a false move as the seemingly crazy ex-CIA agent who may or may not be harboring a few secrets of his own. Above all, De Niro never lets us bank on the extent of his character's eccentricity, which brilliantly enhances this "weekend from hell" scenario. For crazy and maddening as he can be at times, we can't help loving this character. Finally, unlike in many other romantic dramas and comedies, the relationship between the young couple in this film is both believable and touching. Greg and Pam are so likable - and the odds against them seem so staggering - that we find ourselves rooting them on from first moment to last. Their moments together are genuinely touching at times, particularly in the film's closing stretches. Kudos go out to everyone involved for making "Meet the Parents" one of the slyest, wittiest and flat-out funniest movies to come our way in a long, long time.
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Summary: Absolutely Hilarious.
Review: I wish I could give this movie 4 1/2 stars. It is without a doubt one of the funniest movies I have ever seen in my life, despite being frustrating at times. Some jokes and scenes will most definately become classics within the genre, the most funny being the dinner table scene. I never watched a movie so many times as I did "Meet the Parents" in such a short period of time. My only problem is that it can become repetetive at times, with the name joke being played somewhat to death, albeit being funny almost all the way. This is not a family film, and I would hesitate to show it to anyone under the age of 13. However, it is definately worth a watch by anyone that enjoys a comedy.
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Summary: Mediocre Family Humor!
Review: Worth seeing it,but no inducement to buy.Rent it in lieu. However,one can enjoy it if he's weary of overzealous holywood exaggeration!
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Summary: Great Entertainment
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I have seen. I own it and show it frequently when friends come over for an evening. My friends really enjoy it too!
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Summary: Why you shouldn't visit the in-laws.
Review: Greg Focker is completely in love with Pam Byrnes and plans to use the trip to her parents' house on Long Island to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things stampede steadily downhill. Pam's father Jack takes an instant and obvious dislike to his daughter's boyfriend, making fun of his job as a nurse and generally making Greg painfully aware of the differences between him and Pam's family. Where Greg is relatively unambitious, and Jewish, Pam comes from a long line of well-mannered, blue-blooded WASPs. Things go from bad to worse, with Greg incurring the wrath of both Pam's father, who worked for the CIA for 34 years, and the rest of her family, and almost single-handedly destroying their house and the wedding of Pam's sister.
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Summary: Another Movie that Deserves a Warning Label on the Box!
Review: "Meet the Parents" tells the story of Greg (Ben Stiller), a male nurse who wants to marry Pam, the girl of his dreams. But in order to do that he must meet her parents. Robert De Niro plays Pam's father, Jack, who is not in all impressed with Greg. Jack is a case in himself from potty-training his cat to having a "Nannycam" to watch over the house. And as if by magic, Greg and Pam arrive the same weekend that the family is making plans for the wedding of Pam's sister, Debbie. The weekend gets off to a bad start with some unfortunate accidents, snooping, and Pam's ex-fiance being Debbie's best man. One incident after another is all Greg needs when he knows that this visit will determine the rest of his life. How will this tragic weekend end? See for yourself and pick up a copy of "Meet the Parents" today!
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Summary: What is wrong with u people?
Review: This movie is lol (laugh out loud) funny! The name Greg Foker was a bit corny, but the funny scenes were not perdictable. I would buy this movie anytime!
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