Painful to watch; uncomfortable not funny

Rating: 3/10 (12 March 2001)

Ben Stiller fumbles unrealistically through two hours of discomfort. I couldn't hold a wince for two hours straight. Robert De Niro is great of course, and there are a couple of good supporting performances. But Stiller's character doesn't say what a real human would say in any particular situation, leading to not caring about the character, so why join him (mentally) in his struggle? Not caring leads to boredom, which is why Meet The Parents gets a 3.