Robert De Niro Film
Fest Movie #3
Synopsis: It’s
basically an-hour-and-48-minutes of Ben Stiller getting physically and
emotionally abused as he lurches from one awkward scene to another.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “Male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is poised to propose to his
girlfriend (Teri Polo) during a weekend stay at her parents’ home. But here’s
the catch… he needs to ask her father first. Alas, the fur flies as Jack
Byrnes, Pam’s cat-crazy, ex-CIA father, played hysterically by Academy Award
winner Robert De Niro, takes an immediate dislike to her less-than-truthful
beau.”
What Did I Learn?:
It’s a really bad idea to say the word “bomb” on an airplane.
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Movie If: You know that adorable Himalayan cats are nothing but trouble.
Really?: Hold on –
Pam and Greg have lived together for how long (a year? Maybe longer), and her
parents have never once visited her, or called the apartment and spoken to
Greg? That’s a little difficult to believe… or that Pam and Greg wouldn’t stay
at a hotel once it’s made clear they can’t sleep together in the Byrnes house.
Rating: The “Synopsis” says it all. Meet the
Parents has a few amusing moments (I quite enjoyed the scene near the end when
Stiller finally loses it and gets hauled off by airport security), but I have to
admit that I didn’t find it to be all that funny. 5.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212338/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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