This movie doesn't hold up well at all

I think what makes it so funny (vs other more current comedies) is...it takes a simple situation (the pressure of meeting your gf’s parents...and the discomfort of having to spend a weekend with her whole family), and just exaggerates it and makes fun of it. Most things that are funny are funny because they’re in some way relatable. When I watch MTP, I can so relate to Greg and I feel for him. I’ve been that guy and (in a funny way)...it sucks to be stuck in those uncomfortable situations!

And I like that Stiller plays the straight man. He’s never a goofy, slapstick idiot, overdoing it for cheap laughs, like Will Farrell or Adam Sandler. Their movies are so over-the-top contrived and dumb that I just can’t get into them at all. It always feels like I’m sitting through a 90-minute waste of time.

Meet the Parents goofs on relatable things, like the high-achieving ex that the family loved, who is still in their orbit. The discomfort of sitting down at a breakfast table in a strange home with a bunch of people you don’t know...judging you...and you having to bring your A game and be “on” all weekend, while being asked about your job, car, career choices, etc.

Even poking fun at the silly protocols at the airport is funny. Most people can relate to Greg in some way, having to navigate through a perfectly shitty and uncomfortable weekend. To me, it’s one of the only good comedies in the past 20+ years.

Not true at all. The story is pretty timeless and the 2000s and 2010s haven't been great for comedy movies. This one holds up and is an all-time favorite of mine.

I can see someone not liking it much when viewing the first half, which involves droll humor in a mundane situation as Greg awkwardly meets his potential parents-in-law and suspects that the father doesn’t like him. Yet this is just a set-up for the wild mishaps of the second half as Murphy’s Law goes into effect.

Just rewatched it for the first time in about 15 years.

It's timeless. A classic.
Top 3 comedies.