Haha this is one of those comedies that you will always remember. Full of classic lines that my wife and I constantly use on daily bases, like "if it has teat then you can milk it, puff the magical dragon, the circle of trust and so on..." Meet The Parents is full of those phrases that makes me laugh every time I think about it. And that's what defines a good comedy to me. If I watch a comedy I want to laugh and with this one it's what you get. Some people might not like it but then to me they just don't have a sense of humor and that's just a pity for them. You have to like Ben Stiller though because it's basically him that is the great comedian of the movie. If you don't like him you probably not going to like the movie either. Like I don't like the movies with Adam Sandler. I think that guy is not funny and so his comedies are painful to watch for me. In Meet The Parents the whole story is basically about the relation between Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. Robert De Niro that plays his role brilliantly as well by the way. The other actors are good as well but it's not them that carry the movie. To me it's already a classic movie when I think about the best comedies I ever saw.

Short and Simple Review by WubsTheFadger

First off, the story does have some funny parts, like all the destruction, but it is mostly a romance than a comedy. The story is a little slow and most of jokes didn't make me laugh.

The acting is good. Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo, Nicole DeHuff, and Blythe Danner all perform well. Ben Stiller is the same character he plays in all of his other movies. He, in my eyes, doesn't perform well.

The pacing is slow and the runtime is overlong.

All in all, this film is a romance first and a comedy second.

Pros: Some funny jokes, the disaster scenes, some good acting, and a good romance story

Cons: Ben Stiller's performance, slow pacing, an overlong runtime, some unfunny jokes, and this film is a romance not a comedy

Overall Rating: 5.0

Meet The Parents

A surprise from Ben as it doesn't go anywhere; neither does the character nor the script, just some one liners helps you survive it.