Meet the Parents

"First comes love. Then comes the interrogation."

Oct 6 2000 PG-13 1h 48m
Comedy, Romance

Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

Plot

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 has announced her wedding to a young doctor. Of course everything that can go wrong, does, including the disappearance of Dad's beloved Himalayan cat, Jinxie.

Written by

Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke, Jim Herzfeld

Directed by

Jay Roach

Cast

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

DreamWorks Pictures, Nancy Tenenbaum Films, Universal Pictures, Tribeca Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 15 nominations total

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