Overhyped!

Rating: 6/10 (17 March 2001)

Don't get me wrong; some parts of "Meet the Parents" were very funny, but the movie as a whole seemed like a slow train wreck.
I was waiting throughout the movie for Ben Stiller to be a man and stand up for himself while all of his girlfriend's family dumped on him. I think his girlfriend was the most maddening character of all, not taking up for him and basically setting him up for failure. She also let him sleep late, and wear his pajamas to the breakfast table, when everyone else was dressed and ready to go. I would have drawn the line at the lie detector test, and walked out of the house, never to see any of that family (including his girlfriend) again.
I had heard wonderful things about this movie from almost everyone I know, and to say the least, I was incredibly disappointed.