Meet the Fockers
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Steisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson (cameo)
Directed by: Jay Roach
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
2004
Times Seen:
Tim: 2
Summary: As the wedding of Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) nears, Pam's father (Robert DeNiro) and mother (Bythe Danner) travel to meet Greg's parents (Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Steisand). The two families obviously have a great many differences and these threaten to destroy the marriage before it happens.
Review:
Tim: If all sequels were as good as this one, the world would be a much better place. Coming off the surprisingly good original, an even bigger surprise occured when this film didn't completely suck.
A huge reason for this film's success is due to the casting. Building on the already brilliant casting of Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller, the choice of Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Steisand was absolutely genius. As good as DeNiro is in the role, Hoffman and Streisand completely steal the show in hilarious roles.
Like the original, this film succeeds by playing up Stiller's bumbling likeable guy getting into embarrassing but funny situations. A great deal of humor comes from the whirlwind of craziness swirling around Stiller.
One of the best scenes involves Stiller babysitting while everyone else is out. I laugh so hard every time. Stiller's speech at the party near the end is particularly funny as well.
Meet the Fockers is a terrific sequel, improving on the original in some ways while maintaing much of the same level of humor throughout the rest of the movie. Watching this film, you will laugh out loud and love it. This is so good that a conclusion to create a trilogy might not be an absurd proposition.
Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating- 8
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