four stars!

Rating: Null/10 (13 October 2001)

This is one of the few films that i ever went back and saw twice. It is that good. I remember that the editor of my hometown paper even praised this film in his column. I don't think that I have ever laughed so hard at a movie in my life. You just watch the film and you have such a wonderful time that you just never want it to end. Robert De Niro is one of the great actors of our generation and he is hilarious in this film. I think this is the first comedy I have ever seen him in and this man is a natural. He is wonderful because you can see that his character is basically a good and decent man who is just a little overprotective of his daughter. Ben Affleck is also wonderful, he brings a sort of awkward, charming boyishness to his role as Greg Focker. You can sense his insecurities and you really feel for this guy as he tries to make a good impression, but just keeps screwing up! I feel that the best performance of this film belongs to the great Blythe Danner as De Niro's wife. She should have at least gotten an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. She is truly someone who has never gotten the credit that she deserves (she is best known as Gwenyth Paltrow's mom) but she is a great actress in her own right. Check out her work in The Great Santini and The Prince Of Tides.