Movie Review - Meet The Fockers

I really enjoyed the original Meet The Parents film and was hoping this one would outdo it. It didn't quite accomplish that, though it certainly wasn't anything to sneeze at, either.

Without getting into the plot too much (which makes these film review thingies soooo much easier), Meet The Fockers begins much like the last one, with Gaylord "Greg" Focker trying to win the trust of his father-in-law to be Jack Burns. At the same time, Greg has to convince his in-laws that his parents (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand) aren't complete crackpots.

Are there uncomfortable scenes like in the first film? Sure, but probably not as many. That said, though, the dinner scene is just incredible in that respect. Ben Stiller probably isn't as awkward as he was in Meet The Parents, which hurts the film a little, and it just isn't natural to have Robert DeNiro as, well, smiley and grandfatherly, as he was in parts of this. In addition, the new character of Little Jack seems tacked-on, although he does have one cute line in particular (and then repeats it like 20 times).

But those are minor concerns. Overall, this is a great night out and one of the only really funny films I've seen this year (though it doesn't hold a candle to Team America; nothing ever will).