Half of it was LOUSY

Rating: 2/10 (11 November 2000)

As I mentioned in my summary line, half of "Meet the Parents was lousy. And then my husband and I walked out and didn't see the second half.
I expected wonderful things from this film considering the cast. But I couldn't help but feel that my intelligence and sense of humor were being insulted. Not that I'm Albert Einstein or the funniest person on the planet, but the characters and dialogue were so cliché and boring that I took it as a personal affront. (I have some issues don't you think?) The movie basically had one joke and the screenwriter obviously came up with 200 ways to tell it. I feel sorry for Blythe Danner who is a wonderful actress and was reduced to acting like a blathering fool. I hope she at least got paid well. And DeNiro, a brilliant actor, needs to develop some original ticks and facial expressions. He's been using the same ones for 20 years.
Here's my rating system for movies:
**** - See it in the theaters
*** - Rent it
** - Wait for HBO
* - Wait for broadcast tv
zero stars - try to forget it was ever made
I give "Meet the Parents" a zero.