There's nothing like a weekend in the country with your girlfriend. Unless of course you're going to meet her father, who just happens to be Robert De Niro. He's the type of father who thinks his daughter is too good for everyone, so he manages to find something wrong with every guy she brings in the house. And of course, it doesn't help that Greg can't do anything right.
All hell breaks loose from day one, with each screw up more disastrous than the last.
The story is by no means anything new. Byrnes seems to be a take of every character De Niro has ever played, and Focker is a take on many of the characters Stiller has played. So naturally, they play them naturally. Really, the only problem with the movie is the overuse of the joke on Greg's last name. Every time Greg screws up, someone makes a crack about his name.