Meet the Fockers (2004)
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Cast
as Jack Byrnes
as Greg Focker
as Bernie Focker
as Roz Focker
as Dina Byrnes
as Pam Byrnes
as Officer Le Flore
as Isabel
as Jorge Villalobos
as Kevin Rawley
as Judge Ira
as Little Jack
as Little Jack
as Woody Focker
as Flight Attendant
as Admitting Nurse
as Airport Security Guard
as Businessman
as Newborn Baby
as Wedding Band Member
as Wedding Band Member
as Prison Guard
as Rent-a-Car Agent
as Businessman
as Local Cop
as Strolling Minstrel/Band Member
as Undercover Waiter
as Waiter
as BJ
as Airline Clerk
as Immigrant Man
as Immigrant Woman
as Girl on Bus
as Girl on Bus
as Girl on Bus
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Critic Reviews for Meet the Fockers
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This sequel's title indicates the content: smutty, silly and liable to make you smirk despite yourself.
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.
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.
[Hoffman and Streisand] make a wonderful team, but it's too bad the material isn't fresher and more worth their time and yours.
A vulgar farce that isn't remotely amusing.
Could have been much funnier than it is.
Audience Reviews for Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers" sounds like "Meet the f-u-u-...". Oops! Can't say that because of FCC guidelines. Just the same, the title pretty much describes the level of the humor in this Ben Stiller comedy. But that's redundant because it IS a Ben Stiller movie. Clearly my expectations for this movie were not high and, maybe because of that, I found "Meet the Fockers" quite funny. Don't get me wrong. This is not a movie for everyone. First off, the writers did not miss a single opportunity to play off of the name "Focker". It's silly and gets a little old but it somehow works with the other repetitious low-down gags. Focker is the family name for Greg (Focker), Ben Stiller. The funniest Fockers, however, (now I'm doing it) are Greg's parents Bernie and Roz, a loose and liberal Florida hippy couple still living in the last century and enjoying every minute of it. Dustin Hoffman, as Bernie displays a previously unrevealed talent for over the top comedy. Fitting perfectly with Hoffman's Bernie, is Barbra Streisand as Roz Focker, reminiscent of the "zaftig" Lainie Kazan. Bernie is a yesteryear lawyer who has not practiced since who knows when. Roz is the main breadwinner from her business as a sex therapist to the elderly. Greg is not too eager to reveal his parents' true nature to his fiancée's parents as they all come to visit to get to know one another better. Teri Polo nicely plays Greg's fiancée Pam. Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner play her stiff and straight parents, Jack and Dina Byrnes. Oh - also add in some baby low-brow by Spencer and Bradley Pickeren, two adorable twins playing Little Jack/. 2 stars 9-27-07
Super Reviewer
As the title suggests -- this ain't highbrow entertainment. Nevertheless, it's passable.
Super Reviewer
Jay Roach's sequel to the hit "Meet the Parents" presents more visible laughter than the predecessor. With the chemistry cemented by DeNiro, Stiller and their new co-stars (Hoffman & Streisand) "Fockers" is a predictable story with unpredictable comedy. 4.5/5
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Meet the Fockers Quotes
| Jack Byrnes: | You gonna bother me about a steak?! |
| Isabel: | So many wonderful memories from those days.. |
| Greg Focker: | Yeah, so many wonderful... kind of private memories.. |
| Isabel: | So... you didn't tell your fiancee about us? |