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In the Company of Moles

De Niro is an ex-CIA man who grills his daughter's fiancé in the cinematic sitcom Meet the Parents

De Niro to Stiller: Tell the truth. Haven't you seen this before on Three's Company?
De Niro to Stiller: Tell the truth. Haven't you seen this before on Three's Company?

Without De Niro, of course, the film wouldn't work. Only he possesses baggage and balls enough to make Jack menacing just beneath the placid, suburban surface. But he's still slumming it, scowling on autopilot as he mutters "Focker" over and over again long after the joke has lost its punch. After The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Flawless, it's nice to see De Niro without that embarrassed look on his face, but he still plays comedy as though it were beneath him -- a paycheck. One wonders if this is how he'll spend the second half of his career: goofing on the first half.

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