Not one actor has a sense of comedy. Miss this movie!

Rating: 1/10 (9 December 2000)

The best thing about this movie is that it ended! Don't see this movie! It is not a comedy; it is a tragedy: Not one of the main characters has a sense of comedy. In addition, the jokes are contrived and the dialogue is embarrassingly poor.
Robert De Niro is not a comedian. He plays violent parts, e.g., Goodfellas, Godfather, Cape Fear, etc. If De Niro's next meal depended on making people laugh he would die of starvation. So why was he cast in a main role? The answer is simple: De Niro is one of the producers! (Always look for the role that 'filthy lucre" plays in a movie.)
Ben Stiller has ambitions to be a comedian. Sorry, Ben, your talent lies elsewhere. This movie is a continuation of another mediocre performance that Stiller gave in the comedy "Keeping the Faith". Ben, try drama; comedies are not for you.
The only bright moment in the whole movie was the actress Kali Rocha who appeared as a flight attendant for a few minutes towards the end of the movie. I hope she gets another opportunity to act in a comedy. She seems to have that special gift of comic timing but her role was too short to tell for sure. Certainly no other actor in "Meet the Parents" had any sense of comic timing.