i've watched meet the parents now twice once quite a while ago and i remember kind of liking it but
not really finding it as funny as i thought i would so i thought i'd give it another go
and to be honest my opinion hasn't really changed i enjoyed watching it but it wasn't as laugh-out
funny as i expected having said that i am now very keen to watch the sequels because i haven't
actually seen any of them for some very unusual reason i'm a big fan of ben stiller for whatever
reason i haven't seen meet the [ __ ] etc meet the parents it's pretty decent certainly for the time
it was released in 2000 i feel like i would have found it funnier back then or maybe a few years
after it was released by uh directed by jay roach and has a screenplay by jim herzfeld starring of
course ben stiller as greg and his partner pam played by terry polo we also have robert de
niro as jack burns and blythe danner as dina pam's father and mother and the film primarily revolves
around the relationship or perhaps like lack thereof between greg and jack and to make a long
story short greg was initially wanting to propose to pam at the very start of the film he finds out
that her father is the kind of person who'd much rather gave his much rather he gave his permission
for her daughter his daughter to marry him i'm getting everything all confused in the moment
pam takes greg to meet her parents and things do not go off to a great start straight away
jack has a very standoffish attitude and he's also hiding a secret and it's possible that greg
who seems to rub jack up the wrong way may also get in the way of this secret will they be best
friends by the end of the film or would jack think that greg is the worst potential son-in-law
ever i'm not going to say and for me this is not really about
the narrative i mean it obviously is about the narrative but i personally
wasn't sitting thinking going oh what's jack hiding will greg find out i wasn't that bothered
or emotionally invested in that secret aspect of it and to be honest jack is a character i didn't
really like i guess we're not meant to like him that much because he's a bit annoying de niro's
performance was obviously great everybody gave great performances in this but there was something
about jack that just rubbed me up the wrong way because greg greg [ __ ] is really likable
now ben stiller is always great but sometimes he plays characters that are a little bit irritating
that is absolutely not the case with greg i thoroughly liked greg from the from the
get-go so when jack was being standoffish with him or dismissive of him or not listening to him
it kind of annoyed me and i know that's kind of the point and that's their relationship
will greg ever gain leverage in the situation well i won't say but i will say that although
i wasn't emotionally invested in the narrative i think it developed really well i think the pacing
was really effective and that's not something i really enjoyed we find out more about particularly
jack at a really good pace he seems quite mysterious to begin with until we learn more
and to be honest continues to be mysterious but i really liked the character development if not the
character it's an enjoyable film the first time i watched it i remember thinking it was all right
this second time i i still have the the same the same thoughts and feelings i didn't really laugh
though there were a few moments that i thought were comedic most of those moments revolved around
the cat the cat is absolutely adorable the cat in the urn one of my one of my favorite bits not
that i genuinely did find funny both times um i i found that very entertaining particularly because
i'm a cat fan so it's good it's it you know it's well written really good character development
some interesting characters jack although i don't like him as a very well-rounded individual
it's just not as funny as i thought it would be and i'm hoping that meet the [ __ ] is funnier
more to my liking i plan to watch little [ __ ] but if for some reason i watch mita and it's
terrible which i don't think it will be then maybe i will change my mind about that but
i am looking forward to watching the sequel for now meet the parents i've seen it twice
i'm pleased i've seen it twice so i can kind of concrete that opinion
not one that i will intentionally watch again but if you like ben stiller or deniro or
anything about this that sounds appealing give it a go by no means is it a bad film