Comedy "Acquaintance with parents". Actors and roles

In 2000, the comedy "Getting Acquainted with Parents" was released. The actors were awarded numerous awards. Film critics highly appreciated and directed. Who played the main role in this film? And what about the comedy? About the story and actors "Dating with parents" can be found in this article.

The director of the film is Jay Coach. This filmmaker is a two-time winner of the Emmy Award. The coach made films Bruno, Dinner with Assholes, 50 First Kisses, Austin Powers: Goldmember and many others.

Plot

Greg is not a modern young man. He intends to tie the knot, but believes that the consent of the bride is not enough. So, she goes with her girlfriend Pam to her parents. Greg is serious, he is going to ask the hands of her father's beloved. But what about this man, the newly-married fiancé has a weak idea.

Jack - Pam's father - the most colorful character in the comedy "Getting Acquainted with Parents." The actor who embodied it on the screen, became famous all over the world in the distant seventies, starring in a film about a baseball team, and then in one of the films of Martin Scorsese. But let's not run ahead.

Greg gets acquainted with the father of his chosen one and understands that this person is not easy. The hero first of all is embarrassed by his manner of checking the daughters' guys for "lousiness", using the "truth serum" and the lie detector. However, this is not surprising. After all, the potential father-in-law of the protagonist worked for many years as an agent of the CIA. Ahead of Greg's serious tests. He can only go through them thanks to genuine, sincere feelings for his future wife. Who performed the main roles in the film "Getting to know your parents"?

Actors

The main role went to Ben Stiller. A brief description of it is set out below. Robert De Niro played a CIA agent in the comedy "Getting Acquainted with Parents." The actor who entered the history of cinema as the only Oscar winner for the role not in English, this article will also be given attention.

The role of Pam performed Teri Polo. The actress is known for the films "Defective detective", "Castle". Owen Wilson played rival Greg - the former guy Pam. Other actors "Dating with parents": Blythe Danner, James Rebhorn, Thomas McCarthy, John Abrahams, Nicole DeHuff.

Ben Stiller

The actor began his career with filming in short films and television shows. The first serious work of Stiller in the movie - the role of Dainty in the "Empire of the Sun." Other films with his participation - "If Lucy falls," "Fat Ladies", "Reality bites," "Cableman," "Meet the Fockers." The last of the listed is the sequel to the comedy that we are talking about in this article.

Robert DeNiro

His path to fame began in the 60's. But the first serious role of De Niro played in 1972 - in the movie "Beat the drum slowly." At the same time on the screens there was a film "Evil streets", in which the actor began collaborating with director Scorsese. For this work, De Niro was awarded a prestigious American film award. And soon the actor received an Oscar for his role in the film The Godfather. The following works of Robert De Niro were highly appreciated by critics. He played in such films as "Taxi Driver", "Twentieth Century", "Deer Hunter". In "Taxi Driver" there is a scene in which the hero De Niro talks with his own reflection in the mirror. She was included in the list of one hundred best scenes in the history of cinematography. The actor played in the films "Raging Bull", "Glorious Guys", "Fan", "Military Diver" and many others.