Meet the Parents
United States
2000
108 Min
Color
1.85:1
English, Thai, Spanish, Hebrew, French
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. —IMDb
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Jay Roach
Matthew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing the Austin Powers films and Meet the Parents.
Roach was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his father was a military worker. He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1975. He received a B.A. in economics from Stanford University in 1980 and later earned an M.F.A. in film production from the University of Southern California in 1986. He directed the 2010 film Dinner For Schmucks, the American remake of Le Dîner de Cons, featuring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. He did not return to direct Little Fockers, the third installment in the Meet the Parents series, taking a producing role only.
Roach is married to Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles, with whom he has two sons. Roach was raised a Southern Baptist and converted to Judaism before marrying Hoffs. —Wikipedie
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On rit, c'est un bon début pour une comédie.
By Benoît on August 31, 2011
Voilà une comédie sympathique qui finit par garder tout son charme en “survivant” bien aux nouvelles visions. En cause? Un excellent duo d’acteurs qui s’avère presque de la rencontre improbable et… read review
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