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Overview
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Release Date:
6 October 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
First comes love. Then comes the interrogation. more
Plot:
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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14 nominations
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(222 articles)
Dustin Hoffman Doesn't Want Any Little Fockers
(From Cinema Blend. 20 November 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)
Dustin Hoffman balks at cameo in ‘Little Fockers’
(From Reel Loop. 20 November 2009, 10:52 AM, PST)
(From Cinema Blend. 20 November 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)
Dustin Hoffman balks at cameo in ‘Little Fockers’
(From Reel Loop. 20 November 2009, 10:52 AM, PST)
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Painfully funny
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert De Niro | ... | Jack Byrnes |
 | Ben Stiller | ... | Gaylord 'Greg' Focker |
 | Teri Polo | ... | Pam Byrnes |
 | Blythe Danner | ... | Dina Byrnes |
 | Nicole DeHuff | ... | Deborah Byrnes |
 | Jon Abrahams | ... | Denny Byrnes |
 | Owen Wilson | ... | Kevin Rawley |
 | James Rebhorn | ... | Dr. Larry Banks |
| Thomas McCarthy | ... | Dr. Bob Banks |
| Phyllis George | ... | Linda Banks |
 | Kali Rocha | ... | Atlantic American Flight Attendant |
| Bernie Sheredy | ... | Norm the Interrogator |
 | Judah Friedlander | ... | Pharmacy Clerk |
| Peter Bartlett | ... | Animal Shelter Worker |
 | John Elsen | ... | Chicago Airport Security |
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug references and language.
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108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Denmark:A (DVD rating) |
Iceland:L |
Malaysia:U |
South Korea:12 |
Ireland:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Chile:TE |
Denmark:7 |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:6 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:A |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13 |
Greece:K-13
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Mr Jinks the cat is, of course, named after the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the 50s-60s.
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Continuity: The bow on the top of Greg's gift during the trip to the Byrnes house.
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Quotes:
Jack Byrnes:
Are you a pothead, Focker?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Dana Carvey/The Wallflowers (#26.3)" (2000)
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Soundtrack:
Wipe Out
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Most of the funny moments in 'Meet the Parents' involve painful scenes with Ben Stiller. He plays Greg Focker, a male nurse who loves Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo). He wants to marry her with her father's permission. He hasn't met her parents yet. The movie shows us the weekend where Stiller meets the parents. Pam's father is Jack (Robert De Niro) and her mother is Dina (Blythe Danner). The more Greg tries to impress the parents, especially Jack who is a former CIA-agent, the more he humiliates himself. Not only with his actions, also with his words and stupid lies to look better.
Stiller is perfect in this kind of role. We already saw that, especially in 'There's Something About Mary'. The more he gets in trouble, the more painful it gets, the better Stiller gets and the more we laugh. There is also a fine little part from Owen Wilson as Pam's former lover. Stiller and Wilson have made a lot of films together and for some reason their scenes always work, they at least make you smile. De Niro doesn't try very hard to be a strict person who doesn't give Greg a chance and therefore succeeds even better. The way he slowly gets harder and harder on Greg is good for a new laugh every time. 'Meet the Parents', directed by Jay Roach who also directed the 'Austin Powers' trilogy, is a fine comedy with a lot of sequences where you might feel a little uncomfortable.