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Meet the Fockers

2004

Jay Roach

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand ...

6.0

65,645

Comedy You've met the parents; now meet the Fockers. Her straight-arrow parents have less than nothing in common with his free-spirited progenitors. Patriarchs Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro face off as matriarchs Blythe Danner and Barbra Streisand size each other up. Ben Stiller and bride-to-be Teri Polo are caught in the crossfire.

	Media	Author	Review
		William Thomas Empire	"Fans of the first will find some amusement in familiarity, but with such a comically able cast this is a missed opportunity (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Don't even rent the DVD, it'll only encourage them."
		Nick Schager Slant	"[It] has its moments, most of which come courtesy of the irrepressibly ridiculous Hoffman (...) All too often, though, the film strives for outrageousness and winds up being just plain awful (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Cheap fun, the new comedy 'Meet the Fockers' is a modestly amusing follow-up to the modestly amusing comedy 'Meet the Parents'."
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"If there's one thing that's disappointing about 'Meet the Fockers', it's that there seems to be the potential for a laughter-generating material, but it's never explored (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		TV Guide	"[It] delivers fewer laughs than its predecessor, which leaves too much time in which to ponder what a sad spectacle it really is (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Stella Papamichael BBC	"Thankfully the fresh meat makes up for a lack of fresh ideas (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is pleasant enough, but never quite reaches critical mass as a comedy (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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