Very often vulgar and tasteless, and though there are some unexpected bursts of humor and even charm in the proceedings, it's light years away from Chekhov.
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01/27/05
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Meet the Fockers (2004)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:15
Rotten:22
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Talented cast is wasted as the movie is content with recycling jokes from its predecessor, Meet the Parents.
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... [More]
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand
Director: Jay Roach
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Reviews for Meet the Fockers
Top Critic[Hoffman and Streisand] make a wonderful team, but it's too bad the material isn't fresher and more worth their time and yours.
01/15/05
Top CriticA vulgar farce that isn't remotely amusing.
01/13/05
Top CriticCould have been much funnier than it is.
12/27/04
Top CriticThis film has a lot more heart and it’s just a lot of fun throughout with all these wonderful actors.
12/27/04
Top CriticWhy would you want to meet such a blowsy, bawdy, shticky crew in a low-comedy sequel to Meet the Parents? Two reasons only: Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman.
12/24/04
Top CriticIt is Beavis and Butt-head rewriting The In-Laws, only the scripts for Beavis were much smarter.
12/24/04
Top CriticA resolutely average sequel, several subbasements below the first film in both comic inspiration and energy.
12/24/04
Top CriticOften-uproarious.
12/24/04
Top CriticDon't even rent the DVD, it'll only encourage them.
12/23/04
Top CriticThere are few things sadder than wasted potential, unless it's sitting through 115 minutes of mediocrity desperately searching for a few decent jokes.
12/23/04
Top CriticDespite a cast enhanced with notable players -- Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand come on board as the elder Fockers -- the movie has few new jokes to tell, offering little more than slight modulations of familiar scenarios.
12/23/04
Top CriticA negligible product content to stoop for the easy laughs and the easy money.
12/22/04
Top CriticA silly good time.
12/22/04
Top CriticThe family is bigger, but the laughs aren't.
12/22/04
Top CriticMore than any recent comedy I can think of, Meet the Fockers seems likely to split audiences between those who find it deliriously funny and those who grind their teeth at its obviousness.
12/22/04
Top CriticFor audiences that loved Meet the Parents, the movie is a welcome chance to revisit funny and familiar characters.
12/22/04
Top CriticA sloppy and not-funny- enough sequel to Meet the Parents.
12/22/04
Top CriticMeet the Fockers, a sluggish sequel to the anarchic domestic comedy Meet the Parents, is one visit too many.
12/22/04
Top CriticOne of those relatively rare comedies that's at once puerile, charming and very funny throughout.
12/22/04
Top CriticLatest News for Meet the Fockers
November 18, 2008:
More Fockers for Stiller? 
According to Roger Friedman at Fox News, the wheels are turning on another "Meet the Parents" sequel. More...
May 21, 2008:
More Austin Powers, Meet the Parents Sequels?
According to producer/director Jay Roach, we may yet see more sequels in the Austin Powers and Meet the Parents franchises. More...
April 22, 2008:
Pacino, De Niro Take Lumps for Recent Choices
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino might be among the greatest living American actors -- but have they forgotten why they started acting in the first place? More...
February 26, 2007:
Yep, "Little Fockers"
Isn't it hilarious how "Fockers" sounds so much like a rrrrreally dirty word? So funny, in fact, that the gag is about to inspire its second film! Expect the whole... More...
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