 Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is a male nurse, who is ready to propose to his girlfriend Pam. However, he discovers that Pam s father, Jack (Robert DeNiro) prefers to be asked for his daughter s hand in marriage before the proposal. Greg and Pam take a visit to the Burns home, so that Greg can secretly ask Pams father for his daughters hand in marriage, before proposing. Jack was a former agent of the CIA, and through his own experience dislikes Greg very much. Greg, must now try to win back Jack s trust and liking, through a visit that just cant be any worse. Throgh all his efforts of trying to befriend Jack, Greg ends up losing Jack s rare cat, giving Pam s sister a black eye, and lightings the Burn s garden on fire - just to name a few!