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Meet the Fockers
Universal Pictures
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FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference
Starring
Robert De Niro,
Ben Stiller,
Dustin Hoffman,
Barbra Streisand,
Blythe Danner,
Teri Polo,
Owen Wilson,
and
Spencer & Bradley Pickren
Now that Greg Focker (Stiller) is "in" with his soon-to-be in-laws, Jack (De Niro) and Dina (Danner) Byrnes, it looks like smooth sailing for him and his fiancée, Pam (Polo). But that's before Pam's parents meet Greg's parents, Bernie and Roz Focker (Hoffman and Streisand). The hyper-relaxed Fockers and the tightly-wound Byrneses are woefully mismatched from the start, and no matter how hard Greg and Pam try, there is just no bringing their families together-which all adds up to a disastrously funny time of "getting to know you." (Universal)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
John Hamburg
James Herzfeld (also story)
Marc Hyman (story)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jay Roach
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 19, 2005
Video: April 19, 2005
Theatrical: December 22, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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70
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
One of those relatively rare comedies that's at once puerile, charming and very funny throughout.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The old-pro twosome of Streisand and Hoffman make such sexy and inviting ethnics (as a certain kind of movie likes to think of a certain kind of Jewish character) that they blithely prevail over the been-there-done-that gags.

63
Premiere
Aaron Hillis
De Niro is constantly upstaged by the showstopping, sunburnt duo of Streisand and Hoffman, but even their material is so recycled (more Focker puns, etc.) that it doesnt matter who steals the most chuckles.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It's a silly good time, and that's something these days.

60
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
The movie gets off to a weak start, but the jokes get progressively more bent.

60
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Ms. Streisand hasn't been called on to deliver an immortal or even interesting performance, but she is a pip to watch.

60
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
For a Ben Stiller rom-com, there's remarkably little pain and humiliation. Which, for the most part, is not a good thing.

60
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
It's left to Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman as Greg's parents to warm up the picture, and they light it on fire. Indeed, they're having such a swell time as Roz and Bernie Focker that they seem to be in an entirely different movie--a funnier one, a sexier one and a smarter one.

50
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
What a waste.

50
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
If there's any reason to bother with Meet the Fockers, it's to see Hoffman and Streisand.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is pleasant enough, but never quite reaches critical mass as a comedy.

50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The problem lies in the screenplay which latches on to the few clever and/or funny elements in the film and runs them into the ground via repetition.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Remember Pam? Lost in the Himalayas of big egos and overacting, she's the invisible character here. If they create a special Oscar for the most thankless part in an ensemble comedy, Teri Polo is a shoe-in.

50
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Too much of this lame comedy feels like it was written to satisfy a contract, with gags (like the business with the perpetually horny dog or the toddler who knows sign language) that are way beneath the talents of this cast.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A sluggish sequel.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The picture doesn't come close to approaching the near-classic quality of the earlier film.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
It says a lot about the sequel that the funniest moment belongs to none of the big stars, but to Owen Wilson.

50
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
Though it's hard not to play it, the expectations game is a dangerous one, especially for sequels. And Roach's original, just like his overexposed star, set us up good.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Feels jammed into a sitcom-shaped bid for laughs.

50
Slate
David Edelstein
From the start the jokes are on a different level than the last one: coarse, aggressive, and poorly timed by director Jay Roach.

50
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Te laughs "Fockers" generates are the type you feel embarrassed about almost immediately afterward.

42
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
How the mighty (De Niro and Hoffman) have fallen? More like how the mighty have pile-driven themselves into the solid mass of rock at the core of the Earth. . . .

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Danner, whose Dina actually resembles a human being, would be its saving grace if her gracefully controlled performance weren't lost in a sea of braying caricatures.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Does Meet the Fockers make you laugh? Sure it does, from time to time. Just lower your expectations to the altitude of the gag that's showcased in the trailer, the one in which Jinx the cat flushes a little dog named Moses down a toilet.
40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The abundance of talent gathered for Meet the Fockers is sadly shortchanged by the unimaginative script and directorial laissez faire. Its more like the audience has been snookered rather than Fockered.

40
Empire
Olly Richards
A few laughs are salvaged due to the sheer quality of the talent present.

40
LA Weekly
David Chute
Feels like a big-budget "Dharma & Greg" episode with toilet jokes.

40
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Director Jay Roach continues his regrettable "Austin Powers" habit of beating the same shtick to death until nothing of comedy value remains.

38
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Meet the Fockers? Avoid them would be a better suggestion.

30
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The cast is too good for the script and the script is too good for the director and the director is too good for the horny dog jokes.

25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Many regular moviegoers will be appalled by its gleeful crudity and saddened by the spectacle of three icon stars mugging through a farce that's not that many notches above "Jackass: The Movie."

25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
De Niro and Hoffman almost give comic life to this brainless, vulgar farce.

20
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
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.

10
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Don't even rent the DVD, it'll only encourage them.


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