Meet The Parents (2000) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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This is a high-concept comedy, and none of the jokes are forced, which makes Meet the Parents a singular achievement.Read the full review
It's a kind of "sex, lies and videotape'' in suburbia.Read the full review
Has a soft windup, but along the way are some of the best-constructed slapstick sequences since "There's Something About Mary."Read the full review
Roach knows to play to the movie's twin strengths: Stiller and De Niro. Throw these guys together, turn up the intensity.Read the full review
Distress of Parents is a real pleasure.Read the full review
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."Read the full review
It's a bouncy, loose limbed, ''families do the darnedest things'' sitcom that elicits ungrudging laughs.Read the full review
A hilarious hodgepodge, in which De Niro gives his best comic performance to date.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
With near-Swiss precision, director/producer Jay Roach and his writers make sure familiarity breeds hilarity.Read the full review
