Meet the ParentsSynopsis and Overview

Poster art for "Meet the Parents."

Gifts + Promos

The Vow Free Gift

Buy tickets & receive a FREE 3-Month Love Forecast from Astrology.com!

Fandango Bucks

Send your sweetheart the gift of movies this Valentine’s Day!

Journey Sweeps

Enter for a chance to win a trip for 2 to Nicaragua!

Interactive Oscar Ballot

Who's taking home the Oscar? Cast your vote & challenge your friends on Facebook!

Showtimes + Tickets
  • Meet the Parents
  • Opened October 6, 2000 | Runtime:1 hr. 48 min.
  • PG-13
    sexual content, language and drug references
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. Read More
  • When a woman brings her boyfriend (Ben Stiller) home for her sister's wedding, her father (Robert De Niro), a former CIA agent, takes an instant dislike to him.
  • Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, James Rebhorn
  • Director: Jay Roach
  • Genres: Farce, Comedy, Domestic Comedy

Meet the Parents Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    DeNiro owns!

    This movie is hilarious, with a cast that can hold up too. Robert DeNiro is the typical protective dad, with a twist, and Stiller is just perfect for this role.

  • Must Go!

    Meet the Parents review

    by

    Hilarious all the way through.

Meet the Parents Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A flat-out hilarious mainstream comedy.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    This buoyant, giddy comedy of catastrophe is the funniest film of the year so...

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    It's a bouncy, loose limbed, ''families do the darnedest things'' sitcom that...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Roach knows to play to the movie's twin strengths: Stiller and De Niro. Throw...

Facebook Movie Fans