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Now, don't get the wrong idea. Meeting the in-laws-to-be
can be a great experience, but Meet the Parents is
a hilarious situation comedy where everything that can go
wrong for our lad … does.
The stiff-backed, nothing-is-good-enough-for-my-girl Dad
is played with sinister delight by Robert de Niro. He just
so happens to be an ex-CIA agent and the incidents that occur
as the suitor tries to win him over are at once painful, embarrassing
and laugh inducing.
Take for example the champagne cork that flies off and destroys
De Niro's mother's urn and then the family cat Mr Jinks uses
it as kitty litter.
Or, forgetting the warning about flushing the downstairs
loo and setting the septic tank on backyard-overflow mode.
Or giving his sister-in-law-to-be a black eye just before
her wedding and setting the house on fire.
Mind you, being a male nurse - and having a surname like
Focker - gives the other side plenty of ammunition for some
very straight-played, funny lines.
The name, in particular, is played on nicely by the scriptwriter
and adds to Focker's feeling of isolation and not being good
enough.
Stiller is remarkably cool throughout his ordeal and copes
exceedingly well - and patiently - with all that is thrown
at him.
Personally, no one is worth what that silly Focker copped
and so the advice from this quarter is that if you are ever
asked to meet the parents - don't.
Say you have a headache, a broken back, have joined the foreign
legion or (and this does work) claim to have developed a chronic
nervous allergic reaction to sunlight that will render you
incapable of going outside.
But, if you decide to take that fateful trip, then watch
Meet the Parents beforehand and get yourself prepared!
If you're not planning on getting married, then this highly
recommended movie will keep you laughing at those who do!
Conclusion: Movie 85%
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