Am I missing something?

Rating: 4/10 (2 November 2000)

I have been waiting for a long time for a comedy that would get me laughing, I mean really laughing, and after waiting 4 weeks and reading all the reviews it seemed like Meet the Parents would be a winner.

Unfortunately I was mislead. I haven't felt this cheated out of my $11 admission since the Blair Witch Project.
I figured that since I hadn't seen the trailers for the movie, that at least I wouldn't have seen all the funny scenes in advance. However, since all the comic scenes were so heavily foreshadowed, you knew what was going to happen before you got there anyway, and the effect was ruined. I'll admit to a few chuckles, but nothing that even resembled a true laugh.
The humour was dry, the characters awkward and by the time you got to the end, I really didn't care what happened to any of them.
I really wasn't a fan of "Something about Mary" either, but it was a piece of comedic genius compared to this one. If you really want to see true comedy, rent a Robin Williams, John Cleese or Jim Carrey flick (just to name a few). Now THERE's comedy!