Not as funny as expected but still OK-but just OK.

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2003)

When I(finally) saw "Meet the Parents" which I had heard SO much about I was expecting a lot. Maybe my expectations were to high, it definitely wasn't the laugh fest I had expected though I still kind of enjoyed it and would rate it about a 6 or so out of 10. I wouldn't really strongly recommend it though.
Some of the jokes, to me, just weren't funny. Like for instance the volleyball that hits the girl in the face and the ern breaking with the ashes in it. I also thought some of the jokes directed to Greg(Stiller's character) were a bit cruel. I thought I was the only one who thought that until I read some of the other reviews on here and found that others agreed with me. Some of the jokes were funny-there were a few great one liners and fun dialog(the "martha farker" thing, the "milking" scene for instance)but after awhile I was just getting mad at everyone for tormenting this guy and angry at his girlfriend Pam for not sticking up for him. The movie to me rated somewhere between a 5.5 and 6 which still means I thought it was average , just not great or the "10" I thought it would be.
De Nero easily steals the movie in his best role and should consider more roles in comedy, somehow he manages to keep Jack Likable through it all(even while I started hating everyone else picking on poor Greg I couldn't hate Jack)and he absolutely makes the movie, with another actor I probably wouldn't have liked it at all.The best scene in the movie was when Jack "proposed" to Greg, THAT was great. Meet the parents was definitely not perfect but OK to see as a rental if not already seen. My vote's 5 or 6 out of 10.