Meet the Parents (2000) Movie Overview

Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. Starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, the film chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless male nurse while visiting his girlfriend’s parents. Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, and Owen Wilson also star. Meet the Parents is a remake of a 1992 film of the same name that was co-written by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke and directed by Glienna who also played the main protagonist. After Universal Studios purchased the rights to the original film, Jim Herzfeld expanded the short script but development was halted for some time. There was initial interest in the film by Steven Spielberg, who wanted to direct the film, and by Jim Carrey to play the lead role. The offer to make the film was not extended to Jay Roach until it had become clear that Spielberg and Carrey would not be able to take on the project. Released on October 6, 2000 and distributed by Universal Studios and DreamWorks, the film’s initial budget of $55 million was earned back in eleven days and the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of 2000, earning ov… Source

• Meet the Parents Movie Details
• Director: Jay Roach
• Official Sites: Universal Pictures and Dreamworks LLC
• Tagline: First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 108 min
• Genre: Comedy , Romance

• Cast Overview
• Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes
• Ben Stiller as Gaylord 'Greg' Focker
• Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes
• Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes
• Nicole DeHuff as Deborah Byrnes
• Jon Abrahams as Denny Byrnes

Meet the Parents Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Meet the Parents (2000): Greg Focker is head over heels in love with his girlfriend Pam, and is ready to pop the big question. Greg realizes the key to Pams hand in marriage lies with her formidable father, Jack Byrnes. A trip to New York for her sisters wedding seems just the right occasion for Greg to ask Pam to be his wife. But everything that c… Source

Meet the Parents Movie Review from New York Times

In this comedy from Austin Powers director Jay Roach, Ben Stiller plays a young man who endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend’s parents. Greg Focker (Stiller) is completely in love with Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), and views their upcoming trip to her parents’ house on Long Island (where her sister is to be married during the weeken… Source

Meet the Parents Movie Details from Imdb

A Jewish male nurse plans to ask his live-in girl friend to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father expects to be asked for his daughter’s hand before she can accept. Thus begins the visit from Hell as the two travel to meet Mom and Dad, who turns out to be former CIA with a lie detector in the basement. Coincidentally, a sister also h… Source

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