As funny as cancer

Rating: 1/10 (23 June 2005)

I never thought I'd see the day when the words 'Robert De Niro' would guarantee one thing only - you are about to watch a bad movie. To be fair though, the blame is not really his. Meet the Parents had the occasional funny part, and they were all in the trailer.
Humour is completely absent from this. I wasn't expecting much, and was still gravely disappointed. Everyone in the cast deserves better material. The sight of De Niro in a strap-on breast feeding device is a truly sad sight and an indication of how low his career has sunk. The only unfunnier things on display here are Hoffman and Streisand. Their characters are simply embarrassing. I admit to being unable to watch the whole film, so if it picked up towards the end I would give it more than one point. But it was the longest 54 minutes of my life.