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06/24/06
Meet the Fockers (2004)
39 %
Reviews Counted: 148 Fresh: 57 Rotten:91 Average Rating: 5.1/10
Consensus:
Talented cast is wasted as the movie is content with recycling jokes from its predecessor, Meet the Parents.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
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 Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) are getting their parents together a few months before the... [More]
Genre: Comedies, Family Interaction, Theatrical Release, Parents
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner
Director: Jay Roach
Story: Jim Herzfeld, Marc Hyman
Screenwriter: John Hamburg, Jim Herzfeld
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach
Story: Jim Herzfeld, Marc Hyman
Screenwriter: John Hamburg, Jim Herzfeld
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach
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Hoffman, in particular, is a delight - he has an infectious comic energy that seems to light up the rest of the cast.
01/30/05
Although not as disarmingly funny the second time around, inspired casting means that, unlike most in-laws, the Fockers don't outstay their welcome.
01/18/05
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While there is a serious subtext, cast and crew remember that this is essentially a frivolous comedy
12/16/04
Milk bottles and related metaphors feature prominentlyas breast fetish stand-ins, but with a decidely peculiar asymmetrical preference for just the left one.
05/26/07
Has its smattering of laughs, but the new faces bring fewer dividends than the elemental De Niro/Ben Stiller showdown of the original.
02/26/07
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
09/27/06
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09/26/05
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[Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand] seem to have been waiting their whole careers to do unrestrained comedy, and they step into their roles with unparalleled enthusiasm.
06/28/05
Amazing how altering one vowel from the king of all cuss words can spawn a movie franchise.
06/21/05
Catch it on HBO for the sheer delight of everything Hoffman and Streisand do. It’s fun to meet the Fockers themselves, but the rest of the movie can stay home.
04/21/05
Mildly amusing...but joke repetition and a greater emphasis on outrageousness and vulgarity release a strong scent of the writers’ desperation.
04/13/05
This sequel, like most, is inferior to the original, but it is hard not to like these characters.
03/31/05
As far as completely pointless, redundant, superfluous sequels go, it could have been a lot worse. At least it wasn't ZOOLANDER 2 - MORE ZOOLANDISH
03/03/05
A pergunta é: você quer transformar o título brasileiro desta produção em realidade?
01/27/05
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.
01/27/05
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