Meet the Parents Page #4

Synopsis: A Jewish male nurse plans to ask his live-in girl friend to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father expects to be asked for his daughter's hand before she can accept. Thus begins the visit from Hell as the two travel to meet Mom and Dad, who turns out to be former CIA with a lie detector in the basement. Coincidentally, a sister also has announced her wedding to a young doctor. Of course everything that can go wrong, does, including the disappearance of Dad's beloved Himalayan cat, Jinxie.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Jay Roach
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG-13
Year:
2000
108 min
$164,454,835
Website
3,486 Views


Let me show you something.

Take a look at this, Greg.

What's this look like to you?

lt looks like a teddy bear.

Smile. You're on nanny camera!

Oh! Oh!

l've seen these advertised on TV.

Not like this you haven't.

Take a look.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Oh.

Hi. Where's the other camera?

Right here

in this decorative artefact.

- That's great.

- Our cameras are motion activated.

They tape as soon as they

sense any movement.

We can hide them in mirrors,

lamps, you name it.

So no matter where you go...

we'll be watching you.

Couldn't this be construed

as illegal?. lnvasion of privacy?

Greg, when you have little Fockers

running around,

you'll see the need for protection.

(Pam ) Yeah.

- lmpressive, isn't it?

- Quite.

(Phone )

- l'll get that.

- l'll get it.

OK.

Any problem with the documents?

Good. l'll meet you at the Oyster Bay

drugstore in about 20 minutes.

You gotta be careful

if you call here.

lf l don't answer,

use a southern accent and ask

for the vegetarian special.

(Pam ) And the wedding's on Sunday?

Oh, that wasn't the airline, was it?

No, wrong number. We're out

of Collins, so l'll go to the store.

l thought l just bought some.

You know how that stuff just goes.

Back in a jif.

Well, why doesn't Greg go with you?

You'll need something in case

your suitcase doesn't show up.

- l'm sure it'll show up.

- Yeah.

Don't take a chance. You don't

even have a toothbrush. Go on.

Yeah.

OK, unless you want some privacy.

Why would l need privacy?

No, l didn't...think you would.

OK, let's head out.

- Bye.

- Have fun, you guys.

Pam, he seems wonderful!

He is.

We have the best time together.

Good.

- Now, have you two been mm-mm-mm?

- Mother!

No! Thinking about

anything permanent?

l don't know.

We haven't discussed it, but,

l definitely have

the feeling this is it.

Oh.

Dad seems to like him,

don't you think?

Absolutely.

lt's a big day Saturday.

Yes.

This car's...

You got... What do you use,

unleaded, regular unleaded?

- Premium.

- Uh-huh.

Hey, Jack, now that...

Now that we have a second to talk,

l just want you to know

how much Pam means to me.

l know we haven't been together

that long,

but the time that we have spent

together has been incredible.

Greg, how come you don't like cats?

l don't not like cats.

l just...l just prefer dogs.

l mean, l'm just more of a dog

kind of... You know.

You come home, they're...

wagging their little tails,

happy to see you.

You need that assurance, do you?

You prefer

an emotionally shallow animal?.

l...

When you yell at a dog, his tail

goes between his legs

and covers his genitals,

his ears go down.

A dog is easy to break. But cats

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Jim Herzfeld

Jim Herzfeld is an American film and television screenwriter who has also done work as a television producer. Herzfeld graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) in 1984. Herzfeld's earliest TV credit is on It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1986. His earliest feature film work was a writing credit on the cult-comedy Tapeheads in 1988. Herzfeld's most successful work was writing the screenplay for the 2000 film Meet the Parents as well as writing the story and screenplay for its 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers. Despite occasional internet information to the contrary, Herzfeld was not a writer on the last of the trilogy, the critically savaged Little Fockers. Herzfeld was also the writer of the canceled Circle 7 Animation version of Toy Story 3. more…

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