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Meet The Fockers on DVD (2004)
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Radio Times
The job of a commercially driven sequel is to give the audience more of what they liked the first time around — in this case, Robert De Niro's anal ex-CIA man sparring with accident-prone, soon-to-be son-in-law Ben Stiller, as they did with great success in Meet the Parents. There's plenty of that here, as De Niro's family travel to Florida to meet Stiller's mother and father. It is testament to the cracking performances of Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Stiller's parents that they steal the film from De Niro, who's left to repeat his schtick from the previous movie. In their roles as earth mother sex therapist and hippy househusband, Streisand and Hoffman are utterly credible, while playing everything for the broadest of laughs. The least successful parts of the film are those that depend on our knowledge of the original — such as the cameo from Owen Wilson — or that simply reuse the same jokes (if you've heard one gag based on the word “Focker”, then you've heard 'em all). But, this is still an enjoyable romp with a top-drawer cast in fine fettle, particularly Streisand in her first film for eight years. Halliwell's Film Guide A sequel to Meet the Parents in which the amusement is provided by the performances rather than a succession of unfunny situations and endless toilet jokes. News Of The World Oh happy days! A comedy sequel right up there with the original Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most Helpful |
