Released Year:2000
Directed by Jay Roach
Casted by:
Ben Stiller as Gaylord "Greg" Focker
Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes
Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes
Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes
Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley
Story:
Gaylord "Greg" Focker is a nurse living in Chicago. He intends to propose to his girlfriend Pam Byrnes, but his plan is disrupted when he learns that Pam's sister's fiance had asked Pam's father for permission before proposing. Greg and Pam travel to Pam's parents' house to attend Pam's sister's wedding. Greg hopes to propose to Pam in front of her family after receiving her father's permission. But his plan fails when the airline loses his luggage, including the engagement ring.
At the Byrnes' home, Greg meets Pam's father Jack, mother Dina, and their beloved cat Mr. Jinx. Jack takes an immediate dislike to Greg and openly criticizes him for his choice of career as a male nurse and whatever else he sees as a difference between Greg and the Byrnes family. Greg tries to impress Jack, but his efforts fail. Greg becomes further uncomfortable after receiving an impromptu lie detector test from Jack and later learns from Pam that her father is a retired CIA counterintelligence officer.
Meeting the rest of Pam's family and friends, Greg still feels like an outsider. Despite his efforts to impress the family, Greg's inadvertent actions make him an easy target for ridicule and anger: He accidentally gives Pam's sister a black eye during a volleyball mishap; uses a malfunctioning toilet causing the Byrnes' back yard to flood with sewage; sets the wedding altar on fire and inadvertently leads Jack to think he is a marijuana user. Later, Greg loses Jinx and replaces him with a stray whose tail he spray paints to make him look like Mr. Jinx. Also, after Greg spraypaints the cat's tail the cat is left alone in the house while the whole family is out and when the family returns home they find that the cat has damaged and destroyed all the wedding possessions. It is then that the truth is revealed about the cat and everybody especially Jack is absolutely furious with Greg with the fact that he's almost ruined the whole wedding.
Jack denies turning Pam against Greg, saying that Greg did that himself through his dishonesty. Jack also says that he always demands honesty, which is when Greg reveals to Pam that Jack never actually retired and is still in the CIA. Jack is then forced to admit that he is right. Unfortunately for Greg the incident in which he observes Jack with one of his associates and carrying out a phonecall in Thai was actually Jack preparing a surprise honeymoon for Pam's sister and her fiance which makes him angrier at Greg than ever. Jack reveals that the person he met at the supermarket was his travel agent from whom he was receiving Debbie and her fiance's visas.
By this time, the entire Byrnes family, including Pam, agrees that it is best for Greg to leave. Reluctantly, Greg goes to the airport where he is briefly detained by airport security for refusing to check in his recently-returned luggage. Back at the Byrnes household, Jack tries to convince his wife and Pam that Greg would be an unsuitable husband. Upon receiving retribution from both his wife and Pam, Jack realizes that Pam truly loves Greg. Jack rushes to the airport, convinces airport security to release Greg and returns him to the Byrnes household.
Greg proposes to Pam. She accepts, and her parents agree that they should meet Greg's parents. After Debbie's wedding, Jack views footage of Greg recorded by hidden cameras that he had placed strategically around their house.
At the Byrnes' home, Greg meets Pam's father Jack, mother Dina, and their beloved cat Mr. Jinx. Jack takes an immediate dislike to Greg and openly criticizes him for his choice of career as a male nurse and whatever else he sees as a difference between Greg and the Byrnes family. Greg tries to impress Jack, but his efforts fail. Greg becomes further uncomfortable after receiving an impromptu lie detector test from Jack and later learns from Pam that her father is a retired CIA counterintelligence officer.
Meeting the rest of Pam's family and friends, Greg still feels like an outsider. Despite his efforts to impress the family, Greg's inadvertent actions make him an easy target for ridicule and anger: He accidentally gives Pam's sister a black eye during a volleyball mishap; uses a malfunctioning toilet causing the Byrnes' back yard to flood with sewage; sets the wedding altar on fire and inadvertently leads Jack to think he is a marijuana user. Later, Greg loses Jinx and replaces him with a stray whose tail he spray paints to make him look like Mr. Jinx. Also, after Greg spraypaints the cat's tail the cat is left alone in the house while the whole family is out and when the family returns home they find that the cat has damaged and destroyed all the wedding possessions. It is then that the truth is revealed about the cat and everybody especially Jack is absolutely furious with Greg with the fact that he's almost ruined the whole wedding.
Jack denies turning Pam against Greg, saying that Greg did that himself through his dishonesty. Jack also says that he always demands honesty, which is when Greg reveals to Pam that Jack never actually retired and is still in the CIA. Jack is then forced to admit that he is right. Unfortunately for Greg the incident in which he observes Jack with one of his associates and carrying out a phonecall in Thai was actually Jack preparing a surprise honeymoon for Pam's sister and her fiance which makes him angrier at Greg than ever. Jack reveals that the person he met at the supermarket was his travel agent from whom he was receiving Debbie and her fiance's visas.
By this time, the entire Byrnes family, including Pam, agrees that it is best for Greg to leave. Reluctantly, Greg goes to the airport where he is briefly detained by airport security for refusing to check in his recently-returned luggage. Back at the Byrnes household, Jack tries to convince his wife and Pam that Greg would be an unsuitable husband. Upon receiving retribution from both his wife and Pam, Jack realizes that Pam truly loves Greg. Jack rushes to the airport, convinces airport security to release Greg and returns him to the Byrnes household.
Greg proposes to Pam. She accepts, and her parents agree that they should meet Greg's parents. After Debbie's wedding, Jack views footage of Greg recorded by hidden cameras that he had placed strategically around their house.
L² Scored: 7.5/10
L² Comment:
L² Comment:
Cats never been my fav animal, except Garfield... lol~ seriously, i dont even really like that cat without mouth~ the ms hello kitty... After watching this movie, i hate cats more~ hahaha
Back to this movie, the comedy part definitely works well, but i don't really prefer Teri Polo, she's seems kinda stiff in this movie... and of coz some part of the movie has overdone especially the cat, which makes me did not give a full score for this...
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