Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents is a 2000 American 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 as Jack Byrnes and Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes). Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes and Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley also star.
Plot
Greg Focker, a nurse living in Chicago, intends to propose to his girlfriend, Pam Byrnes, but his plan is disrupted when they are invited to the wedding of Pam's sister, Debbie, at their parents' house on Long Island. Greg decides to impress Pam's parents first, and propose to her in front of her family, but this plan is put on hold when the airline company loses his luggage which contains the engagement ring.
More details
| author | Greg Glienna Jim Herzfeld John Hamburg |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago New York |
| director | Jay Roach |
| editor | Greg Hayden Jon Poll |
| genre | comedy romance |
| keywords | airport security black eye broken nose cannabis central intelligence agency cia double agent engage engagement ring hear hidden camera lie detector long island love male nurse marijuana medical college medical college admission test misunderstand phone call plan polygraph retire wedding dress |
| musicBy | Randy Newman |
| producer | Jane Rosenthal Jay Roach Nancy Tenenbaum Robert De Niro |
| productionCompany | Nancy Tenenbaum Productions TriBeCa Productions |
| publisher | DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago |