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Meet the Fockers (2004)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:59

Rotten:95

Average Rating:5.1/10

Consensus: Talented cast is wasted as the movie is content with recycling jokes from its predecessor, Meet the Parents.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Dec 22, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $279,167,575

Synopsis: Following the knee-slapping hit MEET THE PARENTS, director Jay Roach once again keeps audiences roaring with laughter as he presents this hilarious sequel. This time, young engaged couple Pam (Teri... Following the knee-slapping hit MEET THE PARENTS, director Jay Roach once again keeps audiences roaring with laughter as he presents this hilarious sequel. This time, young engaged couple Pam (Teri Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) are getting their parents together a few months before the wedding. Greg nervously plans out every detail of the trip, only to be usurped by Pam's domineering ex-CIA-man father (Robert DeNiro). Not only has he purchased an RV, insisting they'll be driving from New York City to the Fockers' home in Miami, but he's bringing along his perfect baby grandson. When they finally arrive at the Fockers' house, Greg's parents, Bernie and Roz (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand), turn out to be sex-addicted hippies and not at all what the Byrnes (DeNiro and Blythe Danner) had expected. With one pitfall after another, the film takes the concept of awkward in-law experiences to new heights, from stories about past sexual experiences to detailed discussion of current ones. What's worse, the Fockers are teaching the baby curse words and weaning him on rum, to the shock of his overprotective grandparents. Every conversation is totally inappropriate and downright embarrassing, keeping audiences braced for the next disaster. Along the way, all six cast members turn in topnotch performances, with Hoffman, Streisand, and Stiller leading the charge in true Focker spirit. [More]

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo

Director: Jay Roach

Director: Jay Roach
Story: Jim Herzfeld, Marc Hyman
Screenwriter: John Hamburg, Jim Herzfeld
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
01/01/05
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

And you thought your parents were embarrassing.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
12/22/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Often-uproarious.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
12/24/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Streisand and especially Hoffman are a hoot.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
12/21/04
Jill Vejnoska
Jill Vejnoska
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The abundance of talent gathered for Meet the Fockers is sadly shortchanged by the unimaginative script and directorial laissez faire.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/15/05
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Meet The Fockers has assembled a historic, once-in-a-lifetime cast, then stranded them in the laziest, most mercenary kind of sequel imaginable. It's like the 1927 Yankees taking on the Special Olympics softball team.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

Although not as disarmingly funny the second time around, inspired casting means that, unlike most in-laws, the Fockers don't outstay their welcome.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/18/05
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC

This pic is pretty Focking lame.

Full Review Source: Beaumont Journal | comment Comment
12/19/04
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
Beaumont Journal

A resolutely average sequel, several subbasements below the first film in both comic inspiration and energy.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/24/04
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
12/27/04
Boston Phoenix

Familiary breeds contempt...Unless you think a dog flushed down a toilet is a laugh riot, you're better off leaving these Fockers alone.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
01/03/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Simply too much unpleasantness afoot.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/21/04
Kim Williamson
Kim Williamson
Boxoffice Magazine

A consistently entertaining, sometimes uproariously funny film.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/11/08
Richard Luck
Richard Luck
Channel 4 Film

The movie is pleasant enough, but never quite reaches critical mass as a comedy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
12/22/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Though it's good to see [Stiller] back in his stumbling, bumbling element, it's a bummer to see his element wasted in such stumbling, bumbling gags.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/21/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

Meet the Fockers is frequently funny, but it turns a bit too cruel in the third act to be as worthy a sequel to its predecessor as it could have been

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/27/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

A pergunta é: você quer transformar o título brasileiro desta produção em realidade?

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
01/27/05
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

This isn’t just a second helping of Gaylord Focker humiliation, for once here’s a comedy sequel that manages to revisit its world without banally repeating it.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
12/21/04
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

No se trata de una obra de arte ni una competidora a los Oscar, pero…¿A quién le importa eso cuando lo que uno busca es reírse un poco?

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
01/08/05
Luis Martinez
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos
 
 
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November 18, 2008: More Fockers for Stiller? Opens in new window
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May 21, 2008: More Austin Powers, Meet the Parents Sequels? Opens in new window
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