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Summary: Very Funny!!
Review: What can I say this is a very funny movie. Ben Stiller is great and what's his face is o.k. as well. I don't know how Deniro gets the ratings that he has but this is one to get....If you like Ben Stiller get Keeeping the Faith first, then get this one is you have some coin left.... and then if you really have a goofy sense of humor like me get Mystery Men which I thought was great!!! Enjoy!
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Summary: Good but not very good...
Review: The problem I have with this movie is that I am getting sick and tired of seeing Ben Stiller in roles that imitate his grounbreaking act in "There's Something About Mary". I believe Mr. Stiller should stop making films for a while and start thinking about his career. Otherwise he is on his way to becoming a Jerry Lewis of sorts. Not that being Jerry Lewis is bad, but look at Edward Norton with which he shares starring roles in "Keeping the Faith". Edward Norton can play in any movie from Fight Club to American History X, whereas Ben Stiller has himself cornered into copycat comedy roles. Apart from my views on Stiller, this is a good movie where at some point there are so many disasters taking place around Focker that you start to get an uneasy feeling about the whole thing. And of course when everything is resolved at the end (as it should) you give out the breath that you had been holding. It really gets disturbing at some points (the cat, the fire, the big wedding suprise...). As ever, the great De Niro is a formidable character. This man is so good he commands the movie. His presence is what makes this film attractive. Others just move in and out of scenes. If it weren't for the disasters he creates, even Stiller would hardly be noticed beside Robert De Niro. All in all, if you like Stiller buy it. If you like De Niro, buy it. If you want a good laugh.. well, there are better alternatives ("Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels" from Guy Ritchie, for example).
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Summary: Stiller and De Niro make an incredible comic duo
Review: The year 2000 was a weak year for movies of all genres, and I was disappointed by so many failures at the multiplex. But one film did stand out, and that was Meet The Parents. This film has Ben Stiller basically reprising his character from There's Something About Mary, but still manages to include all the charm and comic timing. He plays Gaylord "Greg" Focker(this name provides some of the best jokes in the film!)who after proposing to the woman he loves, heads to her parents home to meet with them. Unfortunately, this includes her father, a retired florist played by the always-incredible Robert De Niro. He immediately takes a disliking to Greg with a hard edge towards him, and some of the best scenes that follow is him trying to impress De Niro. One of the first laugh-out-loud scenes involves a dear family member's cremated ashes being treated rather unconventionally after a series of mishaps at the dinner table. I won't go into details, because I do not want to spoil it. There are a few plot twists later on that keep the story fresh, mostly regarding De Niro's retired florist. There are not too many movies that I recommend you buy without seeing first, especially comedies, because so many people have different tastes in comedies. But I do recommend Meet The Parents; it has a great director, Jay Roach(Austin Powers I and II), 2 fine comic actors, and a wonderful script and story. This is one film that won't disappoint.
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Summary: Meet The Parents
Review: Excellent, hilarious, not a boring moment in this film! I didn't want it to end. Can hardly wait for the sequel to find out what Greg Focker's parents are like!! Anyone who didn't laugh himself or herself crazy over this movie needs HUMOR in his/her own life! When the video is released in March, I will buy it for sure!
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Summary: What a horrible, horrible waste
Review: So, what happens when you take one of the best comic actors of his generation, and put him up against one of the most acclaimed dramatic actors of any generation? Well, when you've got a script as predictable as Meet The Parents', you get dissapointed. The film takes the greatest fear of any movie character (meeting a prospective spouse's parents) and works it by numbers. The few surprises (DeNiro's occupation, for one) are mostly under used. While there's a few really good & surprising gags, the majority of the film is wasted with predictable jokes.
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Summary: A genuinely funny movie
Review: I saw this movie in the theater last Christmas, and I thought I was going to get kicked out for laughing so much! Ben Stiller's sense of humor is unbeatable, especially when he's getting into these bizarre and hilarious situations. Robert DeNiro surprised me as a very funny actor, playing a difficult-to-please father. This is by far the best comedy I've seen recently; I haven't laughed so hard since Dumb and Dumber.
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Summary: Is supidity funny?
Review: I know the majority of the people found this movie funny, but I found it very stupid. And I really like good comedies, but this one is not. It is just a sum of stupid gags. To enjoy this you really need to leave your brain at the entrance of the theatre. The only good thing about the movie were one or two gags, and the always funny Ben stiller, whose talent for comedy is unquestionable. De Niro has the same stupid mafia face throughout the movie, I think he should return to serious movies -he was funny in "Analize This" though. If you want to see good movies with Ben Stiller I would recommend the very different "Something About Mary", where he really gets to display his squills, or the romantic comedy Keeping The Faith, seen by not too many people but a nice, warm-hearted comedy directed by first-timer Eduard Norton, who is also a lead character in the film.
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Summary: This was funny???
Review: I don't get it. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon, but this was one of the most unfunny, contrived, STUPID movies I've seen in ages! The very few "jokes" that might have worked are nothing more than mean-spirited barbs. There's no sense of comedy, humour, or sympathy for the characters. It's just a loooong string of stupid people acting stupidly and suffering stupid consequences. I tried to give it two stars, but I came away from the theatre so angry that it doesn't get the second one. This is a movie that truly deserves one star.
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Summary: Not Funny
Review: I went into Meet the Parents expecting to see an entertainingcomedy about a man trying to get on the good side of his fiancée'sfather. Instead, I was served up a steaming pile of crap that is thisfilm. There are hardly any jokes that don't make fun of the fact thatCraig Focker, the main protagonist (Ben Stiller) is a male nurse, orthat aren't a pun on his last name. The jokes are horribly laboredand over-used, and there are scenes that are downright boring. Thedinner scene, for example, is excruciating. How funny is it to watcha Jewish person struggle through a Christian blessing? You won't endup laughing; you'll end up feeling sorry for him. The only reason Igive this movie two stars instead of one is that of the stellarperformances. Stiller, De Niro, Danner, (fiancée's mom) and Polo(the fiancée) all do their very best with the material they have.Also, there's one funny scene in the end that involves Stiller and astewardess. All in all, this movie is just a way to see how many badthings can happen to a good person in two hours. How funny is that?
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Summary: Good cast, Good flick...
Review: Robert Deniro & Ben Stiller worked together well in this movie. Not an action movie (outside of trying to race home from the restaurant after dinner), and not just one of those comedies based on dialogue. Funny situations of Stiller's character (Gaylord Focker) gone bad. Everything that could go wrong does. Funniest parts was everyone making fun of Focker's name, the water volleyball game, and the dinner scene involving the cat and Deniro's mother's ashes. Stiller portrays yet another lovable loser - similar to the character from "There's Something About Mary". Some wonderful scenery... some beautiful homes and winding roads, and my home town of Port Washington, NY is featured in a few places where they filmed part of this movie - eating dinner at "Louie's Restaurant", and then the race home afterwards down Port Washington Blvd. Neat.
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