Meet the Parents is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Jay Roach, and written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg. It stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who visits his girlfriend Pam's parents, overprotective Jack (Robert De Niro) and pacifistic Dina (Blythe Danner), and suffers from a series of unfortunate events. Teri Polo stars as Pam, and Owen Wilson stars as Pam's ex-boyfriend Kevin.
The film is a remake of the 1992 film Meet the Parents directed by and starring Greg Glienna, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Mary Ruth Clarke. Universal Pictures purchased the rights to Glienna's film with the intent of creating a new version. Herzfeld expanded the original script but development was halted for some time. Roach read the expanded script and expressed his desire to direct it. At that time, DreamWorks Pictures' Steven Spielberg was interested in directing while Jim Carrey was interested in playing the lead role. Universal offered the film to Roach only after Spielberg and Carrey left the project.
Meet the Parents was released on October 6, 2000, by Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada, and by DreamWorks Pictures internationally through United International Pictures. A commercial success, the film grossed $330 million worldwide on a $55 million budget, and was well received by critics, winning several awards and earning additional nominations. Ben Stiller won two comedy awards for his performance, and the film was chosen as the Favorite Comedy Motion Picture at the 2001 People's Choice Awards. It was followed by the sequels Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). A fourth film in the franchise titled Focker-in-Law is in production and set for release in Thanksgiving 2026.
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