While there is a serious subtext, cast and crew remember that this is essentially a frivolous comedy
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12/16/04
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
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 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
Fans of the first will find some amusement in familiarity, but with such a comically able cast this is a missed opportunity.
04/01/06
Top CriticGreg Focker is ashamed of his loving parents and Jack Byrnes needs Viagra.
12/20/04
If you have absolutely nothing else to do, and you can see it for free, with little hassle, you just might get Fockersized.
01/03/05
There is not one joke in Meet the Fockers.
01/05/05
Clearly contrived, yet at times undeniably funny. Still, from this cast, you may be expecting more substance and less sophomore.
01/09/05
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
'Quizá tenga una historia muy boba y situaciones absurdas llevadas al extremo, pero de eso se trata: de hacer reír con bobadas'
01/24/05
Meet 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
The abundance of talent gathered for Meet the Fockers is sadly shortchanged by the unimaginative script and directorial laissez faire.
01/15/05
A comic clash of stereotypical Red State and Blue State culture, but with a wish-fulfillment Hollywood ending in which 'Fockerization' triumphs...
12/28/04
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
There 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
Meet the Fockers, a sluggish sequel to the anarchic domestic comedy Meet the Parents, is one visit too many.
12/22/04
Director Jay Roach gives the film no visual distinction whatsoever but packs on the jokes with tireless bustle.
12/21/04
An infantile, desperately uncreative sequel that will do anything for a cheap laugh. Just imagine Meet the Parents remade for the comedy sensibilities of a 12-year-old.
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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