The laughs are few and far between, bearing only a sloppy, derivative resemblance to its predecessor.
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12/23/04
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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.
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
A negligible product content to stoop for the easy laughs and the easy money.
12/22/04
Top CriticA silly good time.
12/22/04
Delivers fewer laughs than its predecessor.
12/22/04
The family is bigger, but the laughs aren't.
12/22/04
Top CriticMeet the Fockers takes time to generate comic momentum, but the irresistible energy of Hoffman and Streisand soon refreshes the leftover story line from Parents.
12/22/04
In the tradition of recent Hollywood sequels, this one replays the old gags, gooses up the pace and lowers the level of the humor -- way lower.
12/22/04
More 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 CriticMeet the Fockers is not much of a movie -- just a lot of comic situations barely held together by the semblance of a plot -- but it is genuinely funny in a crass way.
12/22/04
By the film's finale you'll pity any poor fool who actually is named Focker -- for following this picture they're certain to see a surge in mockery.
12/22/04
If you enjoyed Meet the Parents, you'll have just as much fun in Meet the Fockers.
12/22/04
It's a toss-up as to who gets the worst end of the deal with Meet the Fockers: the audience or the film's all-star cast.
12/22/04
Irrepressible Streisand brings her own potent barrage to this company of self-interested men, not to mention the melt-away women.
12/22/04
A quick-and-dirty cash-grab sequel, one that substitutes stunt casting for character work and schtick for writing.
12/22/04
Meet the Fockers is as tacky as its title, as crass as a kid learning his first cuss word.
12/22/04
A 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 CriticIf you keep your expectations in check, the encounter doesn't disappoint.
12/22/04
Hoffman and Streisand give energetic, game performances, but the movie provides them with dispiritingly little material.
12/22/04
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