Meet the Parents Page #9

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
3,673 Views


You're sick, you know that?

ls your name Gaylord Focker?

Yes or no.

Yes.

- Are you a male nurse?

- Yes.

- Are you a pot head?

- No.

- Have you ever smoked pot?

- Yes.

Did you spray-paint the tail of a cat

to pass him off as Mr Jinx?

Yes.

Because you were seeking my approval?.

Yes.

- Because you love Pam?

- Yes.

Do you want to marry her?

Do you want to marry her?

l did.

Till l met you.

What does that mean?

l love your daughter.

l love her more than anything.

But frankly, sir, l'm terrified

of being your son-in-law.

This weekend has made me doubt that

l could even survive in your family.

l think you've got

some serious issues.

lf l lighten up, would you

consider marrying my daughter?

Would you lighten up a lot?

- Y...

- Yes or no?

- Yes.

- Would you let us live our lives?

l promise not

to interfere in your lives.

Stop making fun of me

for being a nurse?

Could you at least try

to consider another profession?

- Jack, yes or no?

- Ever?

- No.

- OK, yes.

- Let me and Pam sleep together?

- Don't push it, Focker.

You're in a real mess.

Would you support my daughter

the way she deserves to be?

Yes.

Would you be honest and faithful?.

Yes.

Will you devote yourself entirely

to her for the rest of your life?

Of course.

Gaylord Focker...

Will you be my son-in-law?

(Door creaks )

Greg? l thought you were

going back to Chicago.

We had a little plane trouble.

Plus, your dad caught up

with me at the airport.

Don't...don't worry, it's OK.

We worked out a lot of our issues.

You and my dad worked out

a lot of your issues?

He gave me his human lie detector

thing, but l passed.

- Good.

- Yeah.

And...

then he proposed.

Are you feeling all right?

Listen...

This weekend was a nightmare.

Oh.

l had this elaborate plan,

but somewhere...

between giving your sister

a black eye and...

setting the house on fire,

it kind of went off track.

l just... l love you.

l love you so much.

l don't know, it makes no sense...

l think he's about to do it.

Come on, honey.

Give 'em some privacy.

Shh-shh!

And if we can get through...what we

got through in the last 48 hours,

we could get through anything.

l think so, too.

- And l don't...

- Wait, hang on a sec.

(Whispers ) Mr Jinx.

Mew mew mew mew. Mew mew mew mew.

Hi, Jinx...

lt's a ring.

l like to think of it

as a little circle of trust.

Pam...

Will you marry me?

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Attaboy, Greg.

That "circle of trust" thing,

that's mine.

Well, looks like we've got

another wedding to plan.

Yup. Just got to do one more thing.

- What's that?

- Meet his parents.

- Jack...

- Honey, relax.

l'm sure they're wonderful,

fascinating people.

Good night, Jack.

l mean, they'd have to be, right?

To name their son Gaylord Focker?

(Pam sighs )

Do you, Deborah Byrnes, take Robert

Banks to be your wedded husband?

Yes! l mean, l do!

l now pronounce you man and wife.

Let's just see if you really can

flush the toilet, Jinxy.

l knew it.

(Greg) 'Oh! Sh*t!'

l knew it.

'Damn!'

That's my future son-in-law.

What do you think?

'Hello, Jack.

'Aw, look at that. Nice, Jack. Hi.

'What's that, Jack? What?

'You're a big, fat, ClA man, huh?

'Did they teach you THAT...?

They teach you THAT?

'Oh, yeah, what's that, Jack?

'You thought "Puff" was just the

name of the boy's magic dragon?

'Not too quick on the uptake, huh?

'Why don't you ask Denny?

Not onto that one, huh?

'Surprising for a big

ClA pulse detector.

'Ooh, hey, check my pulse

on this question.

'Do l think you're a psycho? Yes.

'What? Oh, you like

my little...gift?

'What? The Jerusalem what?

'l can't hear you.

Jerusalem tulipoosy-posly-lit...?

'What? Oh, you don't know sh*t

about flowers. You want me to what?

'A question? Sure...

'Can you deal with THAT?!'

# When you're a fool in love

# Seems like the skies

are always grey

# You turn around,

there's someone in your way

# And it's you

# And you're in love

# Never another spring for you

# Never a robin to sing for you

# You're out there on your own

# When you're a fool

# ln love

# Quand tu es fou d'amour

# Le ciel parat toujours plus bleu

# Tu te retournes

y'a quelqu'un qui te gne

# Mais c'est toi, tu es amoureux

# Jamais un autre printemps pour toi

# Jamais les oiseaux

chanteront pour toi

# Tu es tout perdu tout seul

# Quand tu es fou d'amour

# Des fois tu crois voir

ta chance tourner

# Devant toi surgit un arc-en-ciel

# Mais quand tu es fou d'amour

# Tu restes fou jusqu'au

dernier jour

# Never another spring for you

# Jamais les oiseaux chanteront

pour toi

# You're out there on your own

# When you're a fool in love #

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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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