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Meet the Parents
First comes love. Then comes the interrogation.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Meet the Parents
Cast
Ben StillerGreg Focker
Robert De NiroJack Byrnes
Teri PoloPam Byrnes
Blythe DannerDina Byrnes
Nicole DeHuffDebbie Byrnes
Jon AbrahamsDenny Byrnes
Owen WilsonKevin Rawley
James RebhornDr. Larry BanksCredits
- Directed by
- Jay Roach
- Written by
- Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg, Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Meet the Parents Collection
- Budget
- $55M
- Box office
- $330.4M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States
DreamWorks PicturesUnited States- Nancy Tenenbaum FilmsUnited States
Tribeca ProductionsUnited States
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