Excellent but underrated film

Best movie of this year hands down!

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare. Meet the Parents benefits from an amazing and talented Cast, top notch perfomances and a great mix of drama and humor that elevates thanks to a well written script and well done direction. This is easily one of Stiller's and De Niro's best films to date if not the best. (A+)

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

"Meet the Parents" (2000) is a professionally produced comical take on self-sabotage. The story is about a man, Greg Focker played by Ben Stiller, who sets out to gain approval to wed from the father of his girlfriend, Pam Byrnes played by Teri Polo. The father, Jack Byrnes played by Robert De Niro, pushes all the buttons to allow Greg to make himself appear as an unfit partner. This film is hilarious and filled with lessons to live by.By the end of the film, viewers will realize there is two stories in this film. The main being from the point of view of Gregg and the secondary is about Jack and his love of his first-born child, Pam. The film has moments of emotional impact, mostly sadness for Greg, but I feel it is more educational than emotional. The lesson is: be true to yourself and allow others to formulate their own opinion after seeing the real you. Overall, this is a great comedy.

Meet the Parents (2000): Dir: Jay Roach / Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson: Comedy about every man's fear as his dating life grinds to a halt. It is about making the right impression but one of the film's problems is that it doesn't really address both parents. It regards Ben Stiller meeting Robert De Niro. Stiller plays a male nurse who proposes to Teri Polo who plays a kindergarten teacher. They plan to spend the weekend at her parents house, which is surveillance. Simple yet inviting setup predicable with numerous tasteless jokes. Interesting conclusion between De Niro and Stiller where an interesting truce is met. Directed by Jay Roach who is famous for the Austen Powers films, the original being superior to this one but obviously not the sequels. Stiller brings out the embarrassment of being viewed as a male nurse but that is the least of his problems when his future father-in-law interrogates him. We can see where this is going but De Niro counters the formula with a hilarious performance. Polo serves as a method of introduction only, and Danner is underused as De Niro's wife, which hinders the affect of the title. It certainly ties into every man's trauma when it comes time to furthering his relationship connection but perhaps if the material met with a better screenwriter then the parents might be worth meeting. Score: 6 / 10