The Daily Movie Quote: Meet the Parents
"My Mother", by Jack Byrnes. You gave me life, / You gave me milk, / You gave me courage. / Your name was Angela, / An angel from Heaven, / But you were also an angel of God, / And he needed you, too. / I selfishly tried to hold on to you, / While the cancer ate away at your organs, / Like an unstoppable rebel force, / And now we'll meet in Heaven, / And I shall see you / Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore." - Jack Byrnes, Meet the Parents (2000)
Universal Pictures, rated PG-13, 108 minutes.
Directed By: Jay Roach
Cast:
Ben Stiller - Gaylord 'Greg' Focker
Robert De Niro - Jack Byrnes
Teri Polo - Pam Byrnes
Blythe Danner - Dina Byrnes
Jon Abrahams - Denny Byrnes
Nicole DeHuff - Deborah Byrnes
Owen Wilson - Kevin Rawley
Domestic Box Office Gross: $166,225,040
Synopsis: Greg Focker is in love and wants to marry Pam, but first must win her families, her father's in particular, approval. Greg's desperation to impress them turns for the worse when everything Greg's involved with turns to the opposite of gold.
Fact: The MPAA rejected the name 'Focker' until someone with that surname could be found.
Trivia: Teri Polo put cookies in her bra as a gag when she and Ben Stiller are making out and he fondles her breast.
Movie Mistake: Greg and Pam's arms keep switching positions during the dance scene.
My Take: Two Ben Stiller movies in three days, what was I thinking? Sometimes I don't pick the movie, the movie picks me. What a very funny movie. It's always refreshing to see Robert De Niro doing comedy. It's a laugh out loud movie that should be high on your comedy-must-see-list.
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