Meet the Parents

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Meet the Parents
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PG13,1hr 48min
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October 6, 2000
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Universal Pictures
Synopsis: In this comedy from Austin Powers director Jay Roach, Ben Stiller plays a young man who endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend's parents. Greg Focker (Stiller) is completely in love with Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house on Long Island (where her sister is to be married during the weekend) as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things stampede steadily downhill. Pam's father, ... Full Synopsis
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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." Full Review
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73
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Jack Byrnes
Greg Focker
Dina Byrnes
Pam Byrnes
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