Meet The Parents/Meet The Fockers

Meet the Parents

Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) feels he is ready to take his relationship with his girlfriend, Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), to the next level and propose to her. Greg soon finds out that Pam’s overbearing father Jack (Robert De Niro) appreciates to be consulted before anyone marries into their family. When Pam decides to pay a visit to her parents it gives Greg a perfect chance to get to know them and hopefully earn the respect of Jack. Upon arriving at the Byrnes’ household Greg instantly feels the pressure from Jack and is soon put to a tense test. Jack must decide whether Greg has what it takes to be in the family’s ‘circle of trust’ and starts to prod and probe him as much as he can. Matters are worsened when Greg finds out Jack is secretly a retired member of the CIA. Hilarious comedy co-starring Owen Wilson and Blythe Danner.

Meet the Fockers

As Greg (Ben Stiller) and Pam’s (Teri Polo) wedding is approaching Jack (Robert De Niro) and Dina (Blythe Danner) decide it’s time for them to meet Greg’s parents as they will all soon be family. For Dina it’s a chance to get to know them, for ex-CIA agent Jack, it’s a chance to investigate them and see if they belong in the ‘Circle of Trust’.
Greg’s parents Bernie (Dustin Hoffman) and Rosalind (Barbara Streisand) are somewhat eccentric. Bernie is a retired lawyer who now studies martial arts and Rosalind is a sex therapist for the elderly. Greg asks them to tone down their wild personalities while Jack and Dina are staying with them, but this isn’t an easy task for them. Soon enough Jack is up to his usual tricks and sniffing around for ‘skeletons’ in Greg’s closet. As Jack clashes with Bernie and Roz, Greg and Pam’s relationship begins to feel the strain and their marriage is possibly in jeopardy.