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Movie Overview
Cast
• Robert De Niro
• Ben Stiller
• Teri Polo
Director
• Jay Roach
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - sexual content, drug references, and language
Meet the Parents (2000)

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OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh
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8/10
"Quite simply, this Focker has us laughing out loud frequently and abundantly."  Film Freak Central  Bill Chambers

4.5/5
"I literally found myself gasping for breath during Meet the Parents' most comic moments, wishing I could rewind the film."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

3/4
"...highly amusing...at times leaves most of the men in the audience throwing their heads back and realizing exactly how realistic the situation at hand is."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

B
"It was a well-acted, likable and benignly amusing film."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

A-
"Stiller is brilliant."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

8/10
"A comedy that has likeable, human characters as well as consistent laughs."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3/5
"A hilarious comedy about the ridiculous lenghts a young man goes to in order to prove himself to his girlfriend's family."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2.5/4
"Even with Stiller and De Niro, Meet the Parents is an encounter that can be postponed until it's available on video."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Meet the Parents might not be sophisticated comedy, but it's certainly enjoyable."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

8/10
"A very funny movie that is able to combine a great premise with ideal actors, laugh out scenes with a sentimental touch and over the top sequences with a believable story line."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

7/10
"Stiller and De Niro play off well against each other, and neither goes too far off the deep end."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

"A riotous comedy so perfectly realized that it keeps you under its spell even when it reaches levels of absurdity."  Light Views  John Larsen

"Very fun and very entertaining."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

3/4
"Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience"  Bangitout.com  Jordan Hiller

2.5/4
"Es lamentable que el talento de DeNiro se esté desperdiciando en cintas que no terminan de cuajar, por muy taquilleras que éstas sean"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

8/10
"The gross-out factor is surprisingly low, and the combination of Stiller and De Niro is inspired: No father could be more formidable, no prospective son-in-law better equipped to squirm."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

3/10
"An unfathomably awful film that will undoubtedly be a smash hit."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/5
"There is a sub-category of comedy ... in which we laugh at the hideously humiliating experiences of some poor sap. If this is your kind of humor, than this is your kind of movie."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/5
"Owes about 55 percent of its charm to De Niro, who can be hilarious just sitting there."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

7/10
"Ben Stiller is simply fantastic, and this DeNiro kid could be big someday."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

"[Roach] does know how to stage discrete comic moments, taking mildly humorous nightmares and turning them into nicely wrought miniatures."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

7/10
Read review  Nitrate Online  Dan Lybarger

2.5/4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  David N. Butterworth

2.5/4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dustin Putman

B
Read review  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/4
Read review  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

0 out of -4..+4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3/4
Read review  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

3/4
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Laura Clifford

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Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh
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