Meet the Parents

2000 · directed by Jay Roach

Rating

73/100

Hit

no

Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

Meet the Parents (2000), directed by Jay Roach, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Ben Stiller
• Robert De Niro
• Teri Polo
• Blythe Danner
• Nicole DeHuff
• Jon Abrahams
• Owen Wilson
• James Rebhorn
• Tom McCarthy
• Phyllis George

Crew

• Peter James — Director of Photography
• Greg Hayden — Editor
• Jon Poll — Editor
• Randy Newman — Original Music Composer
• Jim Herzfeld — Screenplay
• John Hamburg — Screenplay

More from Jay Roach

1. All the Way (2016) — 76/100
2. Recount (2008) — 74/100 · TV film, not counted
3. Trumbo (2015) — 71/100
4. Game Change (2012) — 70/100
5. Bombshell (2019) — 67/100
6. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) — 66/100

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