Sadly Over-hyped

ridiculous rating

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

After Greg Focker gains acceptance from the Byrnes family in the first film,"Meet The Parents",he is now fully confident that everything will be good.Unfortunately,things turn out to be not as good in the sequel and the Byrnes and the Greg's parents get together in the sequel "Meet The Fockers".Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller reprise their role together with Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as the Fockers. Blythe Danner, Teri Polo and Owen Wilson co-star.Jay Roach once again directs the film.Jack and Dina Byrnes are looking forward to meeting his parents after finally accepting Greg as a future son-in- law.Unfortunately,things go awry as Pam and his parents visits Bernie and Roz Focker at Miami.Both families are mismatched due to cultural difference as well as having different perspective in life.As tension increases,both Greg and Pam try their best to put their families at peace and at ease with each before things become chaotic and hopeless into bringing their respective parents together.While it maybe never be as good as the original,the sequel is good enough to be entertaining as we get to see great actors and actresses together in film such as DeNiro,Streisand and Hoffman in one film. All legends bring forth great enthusiasm and provides great comedy that will elicit lots of laughter from the viewers.Despite of seemingly repeated gags and jokes from the first film,the great talent involved raised the level of the film to make it funny as they make their roles to be likable characters.Overall,it was still worth watching especially for those who enjoyed the first film immensely.

MEET THE FOCKERS is a family comedy in which two ill-matched couples meet over a weekend, argue and fight with each other, and then agree in the end to sanction the wedding of their children. A familiar plot, allowing plenty of opportunity for comic situations with a soupçon of sentiment. What is perhaps most remarkable about this film is the not only talent assembled - Robert de Niro, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller and Blythe Danner - but how director Jay Roach manages to waste it throughout the film's over-stretched 155-minute running time. Yes, it might be fun to watch de Niro hamming it up as a retired CIA officer with an obsession for surveillance; or witness Hoffman overact fearfully as a middle-aged man pretending to be young; or look at Stiller trying and failing to keep the two families on an even keel. But when the film ends up trying to get laughs out of a libidinous chihuahua chasing an aggressive cat, we sense the desperation running through it. The best part about it comes right at the end, when Owen Wilson turns in a cameo as Kevin Rawley, charged with the responsibility of marrying the (un)lucky couple; through eye-work alone he manages to raise more laughs than in the previous 110 or so minutes.

Meet The Fockers is a brilliant comedy with a terrific storyline,a great cast and characters,plenty of very funny scenes and a lot of cringe moments that make this such an enjoyable sequel that make it just as good as the original.The movie is very underrated by critics,and I don't understand why,it has so much funny scenes,it keeps the characters in the same personality as they had been before,it has just as much cringe moments that make you feel sorry for Ben Stillers character,I enjoy these movies and want them to make more just as long as Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro will be in more,because the dialogue between them is terrific and makes it so much more fun,and the edition of Dustin Hoffman makes it even better.Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) are engaged and its time for Jack (Robert De Niro) and Dina (Blythe Danner) to meet Gregs parents.Things aren't going very well for Greg,as his parents (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand) are very personal and mention a lot of things that make Jack unimpressed,and do a bit of investigating on the man who wants to marry his daughter.

Yet another sequel that should never have been made, FOCKERS has Teri Polo's parents (DeNiro and Danner) driving to Florida to meet and spend time with Ben Stiller's parents (Hoffman and Streisand). Polo's parents bring along a young grandson who serves as the Cheetah (Tarzan's comic relief) in this fairly lame movie. Whole bits from the original are reused here, but they're not as funny the second time around. The novelty here is having Hoffman and DeNiro appear together -- and for the most ardent movie buffs, they will spot Pacino in a very brief scene. The three great ethnic actors of the 20th century in one movie! The vulgar jokes pile up pretty quickly, most of which aren't particularly funny. Ah well, none of this matters as the movie made a fortune. It's a formula comedy.