Not as funny as it was long

Rating: Null/10 (6 October 2000)

I was anxiously awaiting this movie, especially having seen Robert DeNiro in Analyze This. Boy, was I disappointed. If you like movies where stupid people do really dumb things repeatedly, you will like this. But I felt this movie was either too long, or simply not that funny. The idea sounded good, and I sort of wish I'd seen the original first, or perhaps, instead of Meet the Parents. I have no problems with the casting or the acting, but it's just that this movie never seems to come to a conclusion. Oh it does, but it seems a bit contrived, more like an afterthought. I know some people are calling it the funniest movie of the year. In my opinion, if that's true then the year 2000 didn't provide a lot of laughs.