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Little Fockers
Film
FilmPG-132000
Meet the Parents
Directed by Jay Roach
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. From TMDB
161 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Meet the Parents is a 2000 comedy romance film, directed by Jay Roach, starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and Teri Polo.
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60 of 161 · most liked firstMeet the Parents, easily "let's drag the guy who can't stand cringe comedy into a movie that is pure condensed 24 karat cringe comedy" second place: Charlie's Angels 2, which somehow made John Cleese unfunny and my friends and I spent like an hour in a Denny's bitching about afterwards
negative · AI labelView post →nothing this dramatic, but some friends once dragged me to Meet the Parents and I have never wanted to walk out of a theater so bad in my entire life but I was 15 and couldn't drive yet I hate cringe comedy and that is the most uncomfortable I have ever been watching a movie
negative · AI labelView post →The fourth installment of the “Meet the Parents” film franchise will officially be titled “Focker In-Law.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact: Ben Stiller will be 61 when this is released in November, which is older than Robert De Niro (age 57) in the original movie Meet The Parents in 2000
neutral · AI labelView post →not extremely relevant to this but the “haha he’s a NURSE” part of Meet The Parents just seemed ok and normal growing up I know the movie sticks up for the profession kinda but cmon, it’s played for laughs
neutral · AI labelView post →THR reports Ariana Grande turned down “numerous movie projects” from Universal, Sony & Warner Bros. before choosing ‘Meet The Parents 4.’ Warner Bros. reportedly offered her the power to pick her co-star on one project that she ultimately declined.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ariana Grande to star in ‘Meet The Parents’ sequel at Universal. The movie will be released November 25, 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →2000 MOVIE: Meet the Parents (Top 5 Reviews) festivalforcomedy.com/2025/08/31/2... “Meet the Parents” stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who suffers a series of unfortunate events while visiting his girlfriend’s parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner). #meettheparents #top5reviews
neutral · AI labelView post →Even the actors who play against type are playing against their history. Example: De Niro’s recent films only work in contraposition to his earlier roles. Meet The Parents only works if you think this unassuming old man might have a tough guy past, which isn’t really built out in that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ariana Grande joins Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller in ‘MEET THE PARENTS 4’. 🎬 Releasing in theaters on November 25, 2026. 🔗 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Drop a film you saw on a first date. Meet The Parents... One of my most hated films of all time. And the date was a disaster too.
negative · AI labelView post →I saw the first Meet The Parents movie at a drive-in because it was the double feature with Best In Show and my mom loved Christopher Guest movies #BB28
neutral · AI labelView post →not trying to yuck anyone's yum but I do not think we need a fourth Meet The Parents film. we did not need the second or third, either
negative · AI labelView post →There shouldn't have even been a second Meet the Parents movie.
negative · AI labelView post →my go-to comfort movie is Meet the Parents (2000)
positive · AI labelView post →There's about to be a fourth Focker movie, "Focker-In-Law." As someone who didn't like Meet The Parents and never watched the two sequels, I probably don't have to say I won't be seeing this, but is there anyone who actually wants this?
negative · AI labelView post →My first date with my husband was going to see “Meet the Parents” and oh god I HAAAAATE that type of movie. Like, I cannot watch someone be screwed over and humiliated for 90 minutes!
negative · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: This film is a remake of a 1992 independent film 'Meet the Parents'. Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke wrote the original story and screenplay. Glienna also directed and starred in the 76-minute film, which was filmed on 16 mm film in 1991 and released the following year. (Wikipedia) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →My boss, whose last in theatre movie was Meet The Parents “did I tell you my dead body story from this weekend?”
neutral · AI labelView post →#funfact Tribeca Productions (the film company that runs the infamous Tribeca Film Festival) was founded in 1989 by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal in an effort to support filming more urban movies in NYC. They produced Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Panther, Rent, Meet the Parents, & more. 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet the Parents Probably just me, but I didn't even chuckle the entire movie. Seeing that it's popular and has multiple sequels honestly makes me angry
negative · AI labelView post →Post your 10 favorite Y2K movies (2000-2005)! 🟢Pokémon 3 the movie 🟢Meet the Parents 🟢Monster's Inc 🟢Spykids 🟢50 First Dates 🟢Spiderman 2 🟢Shrek 2 🟢TCON: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe 🟢Zathura 🟢Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
neutral · AI labelView post →Drop a movie that you flat out refuse to watch again. I'll drop 4 The Revenant: masterpiece. Watching it was an endurance test. Never again. Meet the Parents: I hate this movie so much. The Holy Mountain: this movie was a surreal headtrip. Once was good enough. Signs: I know the twist. It sucks.
negative · AI labelView post →Pretty sure the movie was Meet the Parents, which I found excrutiating.
negative · AI labelView post →My chemistry teacher would play MEET THE PARENTS when she didn’t feel like teaching. This happened multiple times. One time she started playing a different movie (I think STRANDED) and we all complained so she put MEET THE PARENTS back on.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun facct that messed me up: Ben Stiller is older in that movie than Robert DeNiro was in Meet The Parents.
neutral · AI labelView post →Release Roundup, October 2026. | Name | Series | Date of Release | Platform | Genre | Country of Origin | | ------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | East of Eden | Limited Series | 1/10/2026 | Netflix | Drama, Period…
neutral · AI labelView post →Cat quote of the night. Movie quote edition. 1-4-26 #CatQuoteOfTheNight #MenWithCats Robert DeNiro in Meet the Parents with Jinx
neutral · AI labelView post →A Film to Watch! “The Parenting” If “Meet the Parents” was a Gay, horror, and comedic film, this would be it. Josh (Brandon Flynn) n Rohan (Nik Dodani) play as boyfriends wanting to have their family’s meet for the first time; however, the place they rented is haunted. 🎥 Craig Johnson
neutral · AI labelView post →I felt like I was watching Greg Focker being asked to say grace in the first Meet the Parents movie. Total cringe.
negative · AI labelView post →1. Marie Kondo said to keep 30 books or fewer. 2. You still play video games? At your age? 3. You don't need that many dice. 4. Have you watched Meet the Parents? It's my favorite film. 5. I don't have a library card. 6. I don't watch anime.
positive · AI labelView post →The Parenting is my favorite horror movie of 2025. It's Meet the Parents in the Cabin in the Woods. It's gay and has Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow and Edie Falco among the great cast I now want to watch everything Vivian Bang is in because her comedic timing is top-notch
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Idea: “Meet the Parents” but it’s Werner Herzog and Marina Abramovic.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just realized I’ve never had to review a MEET THE PARENTS/ FOCKERS movie (yes, I’ve seen 1 and 2). Looks like FOCKER IN LAW might be my first.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jay-Z Meet the Parents. It would be sad, but could be a good movie if done right.
neutral · AI labelView post →But is she a good enough actress for a film franchise as coveted as… oh… Meet the Parents… (Seriously why are people worried? she’s not the worst actress ever.)
neutral · AI labelView post →boxd.it/c1fXer #filmsky #moviesky #Letterboxd #cinema Credit also to Jay Roach who can do uncomfortable awkward family situations better than most a la Meet The Parents, which this would make a good double bill with
neutral · AI labelView post →Date Movie: This "spoof" movie parodies other romance films especially Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding through the story of a woman named Julia (Alyson Hannigan) who falls for a man named Grant (Adam Campbell) and is pressured by her parents to find a suitable match.
neutral · AI labelView post →We’re now watching the 2005 movie Hide & Seek. I movie that also sucks hard. Robert De Niro really should be playing Dakota Fanning’s grandfather and not her father. He was 62 in 2005. Kinda works as a sequel to Meet the Parents I guess.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spit taking caffeine free Diet Coke all over the theater at the new Meet the Parents movie
neutral · AI labelView post →What do you mean they’re making a 4th Meet The Parents film with Ariana Grande
neutral · AI labelView post →What Does that Nature Say to You is Hong Sangsoo’s latest comic melodrama and the closest he has yet come to remaking Meet the Parents. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review as the film opens at @filmlinc.bsky.social: thefilmstage.com/berlinale-re...
neutral · AI labelView post →Spoken by someone who has either only seen exactly one De Niro film ever(I'm betting Meet the Parents), or doesn't understand what "type-casting" is.
neutral · AI labelView post →Imagine the movie Meet the Parents as directed by Wes Anderson and the mom hilariously couldn't hold her liquor. I love them.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's Production List is a bit depressing in terms of originality. Batman film, Wonder Woman film, Black Panther film, Narnia film, Highlander film, Young Avengers series, Road House 2, Meet the Parents 4, Yellowstone spinoff, Shrek spinoff. Yikes.
neutral · AI labelView post →it's that movie your dad used to quote until it got replaced by The Waterboy, then Austin Powers, then Austin Powers 2, then Meet the Parents, then Anchorman, then Talladega Nights, then Sean Hannity,
neutral · AI labelView post →One time the teacher put on a different movie. Everybody complained and we went back to watching MEET THE PARENTS.
neutral · AI labelView post →Excl: Owen Wilson, currently starring on AppleTV's golf comedy STICK, is reuniting with Ben Stiller & Robert De Niro for MEET THE PARENTS 4 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ariana Grande will star in the next 'Meet The Parents' sequel
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying Raging Bull, fav Robert De Niro film? Meet the Parents
positive · AI labelView post →This really enjoyed camp, gay and funny as hell it's Meet the Parents meets the Exorcist with Brian Cox character possessed throughout the film giving us some of the funniest moments #TheParenting
neutral · AI labelView post →We really need a fourth installation in the Meet the Parents movie franchise. What is the dang hold up???
neutral · AI labelView post →They're making another Meet the Parents movie except this time Ben Stiller is the parent and I can't imagine why anyone thought this movie was a good idea
negative · AI labelView post →It’s from a scene from the original Meet the Parents movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix's South African comedy HOW TO RUIN CHRISTMAS is getting a fourth season, HOW TO RUIN DIWALI: MEET THE PARENTS, debuting October 30 globally on the streamer. DIWALI follows HOW TO RUIN CHRISTMAS seasons THE WEDDING, THE FUNERAL & THE BABY SHOWER. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
neutral · AI labelView post →3⭐️ LITTLE FOCKERS dir. by Paul Weitz. Starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro. 2010. The third film in the Focker franchise. Not as good as MEET THE PARENTS (2000). Still fun, but just okay. m.youtube.com/watch?v=N09w...
neutral · AI labelView post →Scary Movie 7 somehow made lots of money and there's a fourth Meet the Parents movie out soon, a new Austin Powers is the least surprising thing and yeah it will probably be bad, of course. I'll still see Shrek 5 with my kid so I'm part of the curse.
neutral · AI labelView post →finding out about the new Meet the Parents felt like a personal attack after I had to watch the previous two of those for a silly movie marathon thing a while ago
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie needs a sequel when he reconciles with his parents. It can be like a "Meet the Parents" but his own. #hatm
neutral · AI labelView post →Non-kid movie, I would have to say Meet the Parents. I went through some similar hijinks when the movie came out. It became something bigger than the movie for a while in my life. It was always on in my early 20's 😂🤣😂
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