Mainstream dross

Rating: 4/10 (29 July 2002)

Pretending like the last 10 years didn't happen, Meet the Parents is a disappointing by-the-numbers straight down the line comedy. I'm shocked that people rate this film is anything other than Tv movie fodder - no imagination is present whatsoever. Finally, between this performance and that in The Score, the presence of Robert DeNiro might actually put me off future films - he's *boring* to watch in this. How things change.