Fans of the first will find some amusement in familiarity, but with such a comically able cast this is a missed opportunity.
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04/01/06
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Comedies
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
Reviews for Meet the Fockers
Top CriticThis sequel’s title indicates the content: smutty, silly and liable to make you smirk despite yourself.
06/24/06
Top CriticHoffman, in particular, is a delight - he has an infectious comic energy that seems to light up the rest of the cast.
01/30/05
While there is a serious subtext, cast and crew remember that this is essentially a frivolous comedy
12/16/04
A consistently entertaining, sometimes uproariously funny film.
08/11/08
Top CriticAlthough 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
Top CriticBen Stiller looks the same as he did during Parents in 2000, but pity poor Teri Polo who's putting on miles faster than Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
12/31/04
This sequel keeps the laughs coming until the ending.
12/22/04
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10/18/08
Top CriticCulture-clashing through the snow, in a one-joke open sleigh, Meet the Fockers goes, laughing all the way . . . to the bank.
12/22/04
The exceptional cast turned the garden-variety script they were given into a movie that should please crowds throughout the holiday season.
12/23/04
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.
12/21/04
Director Jay Roach gives the film no visual distinction whatsoever but packs on the jokes with tireless bustle.
12/21/04
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
You'd think after an eight-year absence from the screen, [Streisand would] return with more self-respect.
12/27/04
Could they not have come up with anything but lumpish, vulgar humor and dumb “Focker” puns?
12/28/04
Stiller — by starring in Meet the Fockers, one of the year’s final releases — pulls into a buzzer-beating tie with Jude Law as the most-overexposed actor of the movie year.
12/21/04
Latest 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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