Meet the Parents

This buoyant, giddy comedy of catastrophe is the funniest film of the year so far, possibly the most amusing mainstream live-action comedy since "There's Something About Mary."

It's a bouncy, loose limbed, ''families do the darnedest things'' sitcom that elicits ungrudging laughs.

Distress of Parents is a real pleasure.

Directed by Jay Roach, who made the "Austin Powers" movies and here shows he can dial down from farce into a comedy of (bad) manners. His movie is funnier because it never tries too hard.

It has just enough "comedy" to qualify as crowd-pleaser.

A funny and sometimes substantial movie that in real life would never have a happy ending.

Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffs.

Meet the Parents is the kind of Hollywood Comedy that Hollywood WISHES it could make today. First off, almost 18 years later, it's still hysterical. The performances are really, really good, and the story and characters are so real and memorable. If you are looking for a good comedy, check this out!!!

Meet the Parents is a great comedy for anyone to watch. its very family friendly, perfect amount of humor, and somewhat reminds me of what will happen when I bring home my fiancee for the first time. This movie will definitely make you want to watch the second movie and the acting is pretty great. Since this was the first movie in the series, this particular one is the best one. If you want a good laugh, this is the movie for you.

The stagnant machinery of a weekend nightmare: A 3.0-star vivid but stressful drift through social anxiety.2004(3.0)I watched "Meet the Parents" in 2004, and it remains a functional 3.0-star record in my archive—a vivid exploration of the raw friction between a nervous groom and a suspicious father-in-law. This experience **** the fourth wall of the stagnant romantic comedy by infusing Robert De Niro’s sensational intimidation with a high-tension energy that felt 100% pathetic and frantic. While the production attempted a rebellious take on family introductions, the narrative rhythm felt too stagnant, dragging through a pathetic cycle of misunderstandings and cat-related disasters that lacked the chewy intellectual resolution of my higher-tier records. Seeing Ben Stiller’s vivid but pathetic struggle to gain approval provided a rhythmic sense of irony, but the emotional payoff felt too stagnant, leaving me in a state of silent frustration at the unrelenting awkwardness. The 95% preservation of my memory is dominated by the rhythmic, raw tension of the lie detector test and the vivid but stagnant paranoia of the Byrnes household, creating a journey that felt more like a pathetic endurance test than a sensational cinematic scar. Unlike the vivid soul of "I Love You Phillip Morris" or the raw brilliance of "Hot Fuzz," this encounter possessed a rhythm that was far too stagnant to escape its own cringe-inducing formula. It stands in my 2004 record as a vivid exercise in situational discomfort—a 3.0-star artifact of rhythmic unevenness that remained too stagnant to reach the sensational heights of my most cherished psychological archives.

As per the title, it's all about family. We've all been here. Meet the Parents is meant to be relatable and we love it that way. It's really, really funny.

An overall decent movie, even though I can really not stand some of the actors. Best parts of the movie obviously involve DeNiro, whose non-verbal performance and facial expressions make the movie worth watching.