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70One of those relatively rare comedies that's at once puerile, charming and very funny throughout.
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67The 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.
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63It's a silly good time, and that's something these days.
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63De 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 doesn’t matter who steals the most chuckles.
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60For a Ben Stiller rom-com, there's remarkably little pain and humiliation. Which, for the most part, is not a good thing.
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60It'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.
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60Ms. Streisand hasn't been called on to deliver an immortal or even interesting performance, but she is a pip to watch.
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60The movie gets off to a weak start, but the jokes get progressively more bent.
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50Feels jammed into a sitcom-shaped bid for laughs.
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50The movie is pleasant enough, but never quite reaches critical mass as a comedy.
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50Though 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.
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50Too 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.
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50A sluggish sequel.
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50It says a lot about the sequel that the funniest moment belongs to none of the big stars, but to Owen Wilson.
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50The picture doesn't come close to approaching the near-classic quality of the earlier film.
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50What a waste.
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50The 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.
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50Remember 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.
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50If there's any reason to bother with Meet the Fockers, it's to see Hoffman and Streisand.
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50From the start the jokes are on a different level than the last one: coarse, aggressive, and poorly timed by director Jay Roach.
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50Te laughs "Fockers" generates are the type you feel embarrassed about almost immediately afterward.
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42How 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. . . .
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40Danner, 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.
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40Director Jay Roach continues his regrettable "Austin Powers" habit of beating the same shtick to death until nothing of comedy value remains.
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40A few laughs are salvaged due to the sheer quality of the talent present.
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40The abundance of talent gathered for Meet the Fockers is sadly shortchanged by the unimaginative script and directorial laissez faire. It’s more like the audience has been snookered rather than Fockered.
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40Feels like a big-budget "Dharma & Greg" episode with toilet jokes.
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40Does 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.
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38Meet the Fockers? Avoid them would be a better suggestion.
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30The 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.
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25De Niro and Hoffman almost give comic life to this brainless, vulgar farce.
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25Many 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."
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20Meet 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.
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10Don't even rent the DVD, it'll only encourage them.
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