Meet the Parents
| Year: | 2000 |
| Studio: | Universal |
| Director: | Jay Roach |
| Writer: | Jay Roach |
| Cast: | Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson |
Reinventing Robert De Niro as a comedy star was no easy task - films from Rocky & Bullwinkle to Showtime have tried and failed.
But Jay Austin Powers Roach found an ideal slot for his persona. He plays every young man's nightmare, a scary, obsessive alpha male who happens to be the father of Greg (Stiller) wife to be.
The single joke - that Jack (De Niro) makes Greg's life hell as he tries to impress his girl Pam's (Polo) family - isn't overstretched thanks to some zingy chemistry between Stiller and De Niro, most of the rest of the cast doing their corporate-comedy best in the shadow of the leads.
A few stand out sequences, probably written in for the sake of the trailer ('I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?') and overall a few steps above the typical studio effort.
But Jay Austin Powers Roach found an ideal slot for his persona. He plays every young man's nightmare, a scary, obsessive alpha male who happens to be the father of Greg (Stiller) wife to be.
The single joke - that Jack (De Niro) makes Greg's life hell as he tries to impress his girl Pam's (Polo) family - isn't overstretched thanks to some zingy chemistry between Stiller and De Niro, most of the rest of the cast doing their corporate-comedy best in the shadow of the leads.
A few stand out sequences, probably written in for the sake of the trailer ('I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?') and overall a few steps above the typical studio effort.