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73 out of 100

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 76 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro
  • Summary: When a young woman (Polo) takes her fiancee (Stiller) home to meet her parents (DeNiro, Danner), everything goes wrong.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    This buoyant, giddy comedy of catastrophe is the funniest film of the year so far, possibly the most amusing mainstream live-action comedy since "There's Something About Mary."
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    90
    A flat-out hilarious mainstream comedy.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    The gross-out factor is surprisingly low, and the combination of Stiller and De Niro is inspired.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 36
  3. Negative: 10 out of 36
  1. Zilcell
    10
    This is one of Ben Stiller's best movies. It remains consistently funny throughout and there are great performances from all of the actors. It is a lot of fun when everything goes wrong.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. grandpajoe6191
    7
    "Meet the Parents" is a appropriately lengthened family movie with decent acting. It's a very obvious comedy-family formula Hollywood loves to use, but surprisingly this movie's one of its kind.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  3. TheParent
    0
    This movie was terrible. Anyone who thinks the definition of comedy is to have the one likeable and the only fleshed out character of the film to be bullied for two straight hours by one dimensional dickheads, should not have any creative control over a movie. It was a terrible watch. After seeing one character whom the movie depicts as totally normal and perfect for a girl get undeservedly trashed for a whole film, youd expect some kind of retribution which the film doesnt even attempt to offer. Oh yeah, and the girl for whom he suffers all this humiliation for is depicted as selfish, absent, cold, uncaring and vacuous. A movie which shouldnt have been made. With the cutting edge comedians now working TV, this kind of comedy was done to death 60 years ago. And much better ...… Expand
    • 1 of 3 users said yes

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