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Meet the Parents
2000
· Movie
· 108 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2017
- IMDb #2120
- Google retired #2423
- Rotten Tomatoes #1404
- Metacritic #1338
- Letterboxd #2718
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1562
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1701
- Metacritic Critics #1187
- Metacritic Audience #1712
- Criticker #2220
- Douban #1559
- Kinopoisk #1218
- AlloCiné #1994
- Trakt #2007
Every rating
43–85
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 43, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 85.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A male nurse plans to propose to his girlfriend during a weekend visit with her parents. His hopes for a perfect impression are immediately dashed by her intimidating and suspicious father, a former CIA operative. Every attempt to win over the family results in a series of increasingly disastrous and humiliating accidents.
Details
- Director
- Jay Roach
- Writers
- Greg Glienna, Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg, Mary Ruth Clarke
- Released
- 6 October 2000
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Thai, Spanish, Hebrew, French
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $330.4M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →7 wins from 22 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Original Song | "A Fool in Love" Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2000 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2000 | Top Box Office Films | Randy Newman | Winner |
| American Comedy Awards 2000 | Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| American Comedy Awards 2000 | Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Ben Stiller | Winner |
| American Comedy Awards 2000 | Funniest Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 | Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 | Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy | Owen Wilson | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "A Fool in Love" Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Comedic Performance | Ben Stiller | Winner |
| Best Line | "Are You a Pothead, Focker?" – Robert De Niro | Winner |
| Best On-Screen Team | Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller | Nominee |
American Comedy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Ben Stiller | Winner |
| Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Funniest Motion Picture | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Randy Newman | Winner |
Bogey Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Bogey Award | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Comedy Motion Picture | Winner |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
5 nominations
| Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Favorite Female – Newcomer | Teri Polo | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy | Owen Wilson | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy | Blythe Danner | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Choice Movie – Actor | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Choice Movie – Comedy | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "Meet the Parents" Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "A Fool in Love" Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman | Nominee |