Bottomline: Hilarious!!!

Rating: Null/10 (9 October 2000)

I just got out of Meet the Parents and simply put it is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Maybe I'm biased because I love Bobby De Niro and Ben Stiller, but this combination on screen is the best I have seen in a while. Why is this such a great movie???? Every piece of comedic action is right on the money, DeNiro who is a great actor once again takes a comedic role and has so much fun with it... Ben Stiller who is probably one of the most underappreciated comedic talents around is hilarious as well. Every comedic segment is a great belly laugh. As the dad, DeNiro has this psychotic presence surrounding him with traits from some of his best roles (Goodfellas, Cape Fear) and in this context it is funny. If you liked him in Analyze This, you will really love him here because he is about 5 times better in this. Overall the story is simple but very very humourous. We have all been in a situation where we had to meet our significant other's parents. Here it turns into a nightmare and Ben Stiller as the common man boyfriend is you or me having probably the worst weekend of our lives. It is impossible not to like Stiller and you immediately feel bad for the idiot as his weekend and relationship go awry. Go run and see this it is so worth the admission.