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Meet The Parents

What is meet the parents?

· Emily Grant

Key facts

Title Meet the Parents[1]
Year 2000[1]
Director Jay Roach[1]
Main cast Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson[1]
Running time 108 minutes[1]

Meet the Parents is a 2000 American romantic comedy film about Greg Focker's disastrous first visit to his girlfriend Pam's parents, where her overprotective former CIA father suspects him of wrongdoing.

Context

Meet the Parents is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Jay Roach [1]. The story follows Greg Focker, who visits his girlfriend Pam Byrnes's parents on Long Island before proposing [2]. Her father Jack, a former CIA agent, becomes suspicious of Greg, leading to a series of awkward mishaps [3]. The title also refers to a 1992 independent film of the same name, which can cause confusion [4].

Documented claims

  • The film is a comedy built from awkwardness and mishaps during a first meeting with a partner's family. [3]
  • Jack Byrnes is a former CIA agent who is overprotective and suspicious of Greg. [2]

Questions and answers

Is Meet the Parents a trilogy?

The cited sources only cover the 2000 film and the 1992 film of the same name; they do not mention a trilogy [4].

Is Meet the Parents ok for a 12 year old?

The sources describe it as a comedy with awkward situations, but they do not provide an age rating [3].

Why is Meet the Parents so good?

Critics describe it as a comedy built from awkwardness and mishaps during a first meeting with a partner's family [3].

Sources

  1. Meet The Parents movie review — rogerebert.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  2. Meet the Parents Movie Review — commonsensemedia.org (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  3. Meet the Parents — rottentomatoes.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  4. Meet The Parents — reelingreviews.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in Entertainment