It's left to Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman as Greg's parents to warm up the picture, and they light it on fire.
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12/27/04
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
Could have been much funnier than it is.
12/27/04
A one joke movie but Streisand and Hoffman make that one joke enjoyable.
12/27/04
Both movies lack the real discomfort and awkwardness that comes with meeting future in-laws.
12/27/04
This film has a lot more heart and it’s just a lot of fun throughout with all these wonderful actors.
12/27/04
There can be worse holiday fluff than watching a tight-knit group of Hollywood veterans having fun.
12/27/04
You'd think after an eight-year absence from the screen, [Streisand would] return with more self-respect.
12/27/04
Meet the Fockers is get-rich-quick, no-thought-required sequel-mongering at its most mercenary. (Plus it's screamingly unfunny.)
12/27/04
Watching Meet the Fockers is like attending a big, potentially wild and funny party in which the guests pretend to have fun.
12/26/04
Fifteen years ago, a movie with Streisand, Hoffman and DeNiro in starring roles would have been considered the casting coup of the ages.
12/26/04
This is American Pie for people over 35.
12/24/04
If it weren't for the talent level involved onscreen, Meet the Fockers would be about as entertaining as a rerun of Dharma and Greg.
12/24/04
Why would you want to meet such a blowsy, bawdy, shticky crew in a low-comedy sequel to Meet the Parents? Two reasons only: Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman.
12/24/04
It is Beavis and Butt-head rewriting The In-Laws, only the scripts for Beavis were much smarter.
12/24/04
A resolutely average sequel, several subbasements below the first film in both comic inspiration and energy.
12/24/04
Often-uproarious.
12/24/04
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
Don't even rent the DVD, it'll only encourage them.
12/23/04
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
Despite a cast enhanced with notable players -- Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand come on board as the elder Fockers -- the movie has few new jokes to tell, offering little more than slight modulations of familiar scenarios.
12/23/04
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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