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  1. Meet the Parents is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. It chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless nurse (Ben Stiller as Greg Focker) while visiting his girlfriend's parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner as Jack and Dina Byrnes).

  2. Oct 4, 2023 · With its relatable premise, “Meet the Parents” strikes a chord with audiences who have experienced the joys and anxieties of meeting their partner’s parents. Ben Stiller’s real-life parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, play Greg’s parents in the film.

  3. Meet the Parents is a film series following the character Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) as he interacts with his family and in-laws. The series is made up of three movies: Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004), and Little Fockers (2010).

    • Roger Cormier
    • IT'S A REMAKE OF A 1992 INDEPENDENT FILM. In 1992, Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke wrote and starred in Meet the Parents, a 75-minute flick that Glienna also directed on a budget of about $100,000.
    • JIM CARREY CAME UP WITH THE NAME "FOCKER." At one point in the film's development, Jim Carrey was set to star as Greg, with Steven Spielberg directing.
    • JAY ROACH WAS "TERRIFIED" TO DIRECT THE FILM. Roach was apprehensive in attempting to sell the project to both De Niro and Stiller. Stiller thought Roach was only pretending to be nervous.
    • NAOMI WATTS AUDITIONED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES TO PLAY PAM. "I think the director liked me but the studio didn’t," Watts told The Daily Beast of her multiple auditions for the film.
  4. Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. Starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, the film chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless nurse while visiting his girlfriend's parents...

  5. With Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner. Chicago male nurse and chronic under-achiever Greg Focker meets his charming teacher girlfriend Pam Byrnes' parents Jack and Dina before proposing, but suspicious Jack is an overprotective former CIA agent - every date's worst nightmare.

  6. Crass comedy has lots of sex, profanity, drugs. Read Common Sense Media's Meet the Parents review, age rating, and parents guide.

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