Meet The Fockers
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Great Movie, absolutely funny and very entertaning. Great to watch with friends, not so good if you and your girl want a nice quiet evening alone. I loved the Baby cussing... was absolutely amazing, and now when I say A-Hole I say it like the baby did. 
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Meet the Fockers Movie Review
Paybacks been a long time coming, but in Meet the Fockers (yes, you read it right), the hotly anticipated sequel to the sleeper hit comedy of 2000, familial weirdness flies in from both sides.
Just when he thought he had his feet placed firmly under the Byrneses table, long-suffering **** Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is faced with a whole new world of pain: a weekend away with both sets of in-laws. With a wedding date fixed firmly on the horizon, Greg and father-in-law from hell Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) have reached something of the truce, and the fabled Byrnes circle of trust has opened up to include a new member. But after enjoying the relative safety of living hundreds of miles apart theres nothing like three days with the family to reopen old wounds.
In a good-intentioned get to know you effort, Gregs parents (played, in an inspired piece of casting, by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand) invite everyone to spend some quality time at their home in the Florida keys. What ensues proves the point resoundingly that parental peculiarity is completely relative. The tightly wound Byrneses clash immediately with the kooky customs of Mr and Mrs Focker, leaving Greg and his long suffering fiancé Pam (Teri Polo) to pick up the pieces of a mismatch made in hell.
No detail has been spared to ensure that the Fockers and the Byrnes are always at each others throat, and every jaw achingly embarrassing set piece pushes the cork closer to the chandelier. The superpowers, at the height of the cold war would have found more common ground than these two star crossed dynasties. Jack finds it impossible to lighten up in the midst of the colourful Fockers barrage of hugs, kisses and **** revelations. Were submitted to priceless moments of jostling and jousting in the ultimate comedy smackdown between the uptight neo conservatives and the ageing hippies. Even the cat and dog fight like well cats and dogs.
Does Meet The Fockers match the original in laughs? The answer is very nearly. In many ways its more satisfying, but it somehow lacks the purity that made the original such a smash hit. But then how many times can you remember Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro wrestling on screen? Theres something so warmly enjoyable about two great actors who have risen to the top of their trade by playing, in the most part, ultra serious roles poking fun at themselves for 90 minutes. Its something like the satisfaction you get seeing Tara Palmer Tomkinson covered with bees in the jungle. Meet The Fockers soars on this interplay between the individual performances, particularly within the context of the ceremonial family moments, where everything, from Gregs foreskin to great **** in your sixties, is discussed with tremulous results. Everyones having fun, thats obvious, and some of the set ups are more than a match for the original, but theres something inevitable about this sequel that gets in the way of it being a truly great comedy.
I defy anyone not to find it funny, but Meet The Fockers is much more a companion piece to Meet The Parents, riffing on the same jokes and sentiment, in an occasionally routine way, that made the original such a novel surprise. However, its still tremendously funny; nervous fiancés and anxious parents everywhere should take note, it could be the perfect place for the bonding to start.
Just when he thought he had his feet placed firmly under the Byrneses table, long-suffering **** Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is faced with a whole new world of pain: a weekend away with both sets of in-laws. With a wedding date fixed firmly on the horizon, Greg and father-in-law from hell Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) have reached something of the truce, and the fabled Byrnes circle of trust has opened up to include a new member. But after enjoying the relative safety of living hundreds of miles apart theres nothing like three days with the family to reopen old wounds.
In a good-intentioned get to know you effort, Gregs parents (played, in an inspired piece of casting, by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand) invite everyone to spend some quality time at their home in the Florida keys. What ensues proves the point resoundingly that parental peculiarity is completely relative. The tightly wound Byrneses clash immediately with the kooky customs of Mr and Mrs Focker, leaving Greg and his long suffering fiancé Pam (Teri Polo) to pick up the pieces of a mismatch made in hell.
No detail has been spared to ensure that the Fockers and the Byrnes are always at each others throat, and every jaw achingly embarrassing set piece pushes the cork closer to the chandelier. The superpowers, at the height of the cold war would have found more common ground than these two star crossed dynasties. Jack finds it impossible to lighten up in the midst of the colourful Fockers barrage of hugs, kisses and **** revelations. Were submitted to priceless moments of jostling and jousting in the ultimate comedy smackdown between the uptight neo conservatives and the ageing hippies. Even the cat and dog fight like well cats and dogs.
Does Meet The Fockers match the original in laughs? The answer is very nearly. In many ways its more satisfying, but it somehow lacks the purity that made the original such a smash hit. But then how many times can you remember Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro wrestling on screen? Theres something so warmly enjoyable about two great actors who have risen to the top of their trade by playing, in the most part, ultra serious roles poking fun at themselves for 90 minutes. Its something like the satisfaction you get seeing Tara Palmer Tomkinson covered with bees in the jungle. Meet The Fockers soars on this interplay between the individual performances, particularly within the context of the ceremonial family moments, where everything, from Gregs foreskin to great **** in your sixties, is discussed with tremulous results. Everyones having fun, thats obvious, and some of the set ups are more than a match for the original, but theres something inevitable about this sequel that gets in the way of it being a truly great comedy.
I defy anyone not to find it funny, but Meet The Fockers is much more a companion piece to Meet The Parents, riffing on the same jokes and sentiment, in an occasionally routine way, that made the original such a novel surprise. However, its still tremendously funny; nervous fiancés and anxious parents everywhere should take note, it could be the perfect place for the bonding to start.
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Very very funny movie especially if u watch it when u're on 'something' hehe.
But I still like the first ones better as I remembered laughing so hard in the theater
But I still like the first ones better as I remembered laughing so hard in the theater
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webexplode do you rip this from movie reviews or do you actually write them yourself?
I like it though either way because it actually posts something giving it a bit of a laugh and somehow smoothes the soul reading it. If you write them yourself you are a great contribution to the forums and everyone should look at your posts to get somewhat of an idea to how you should post to something.
Honestly I am getting sick of the "Yes it's good", "Great Movie", "AWESOME", the spam has gotten really bad and there is nothing much done about it but, you are truely one of a kind. You add life to posts and give me something great to read. Thank you, you go above and beyond posting standards.
Some of the rest of you could atleast put something that contributes to a post, everyone is always writing yes it's good. This is for your opinions what you liked and didn't liek about it. I think it's a good movie with lots of laughs. I mean Robert plays a role where he keeps some of his seriousness but takes it to a laughable level. He is still some top secret guy who is very devious. I wish that another one would come out lol.
I like it though either way because it actually posts something giving it a bit of a laugh and somehow smoothes the soul reading it. If you write them yourself you are a great contribution to the forums and everyone should look at your posts to get somewhat of an idea to how you should post to something.
Honestly I am getting sick of the "Yes it's good", "Great Movie", "AWESOME", the spam has gotten really bad and there is nothing much done about it but, you are truely one of a kind. You add life to posts and give me something great to read. Thank you, you go above and beyond posting standards.
Some of the rest of you could atleast put something that contributes to a post, everyone is always writing yes it's good. This is for your opinions what you liked and didn't liek about it. I think it's a good movie with lots of laughs. I mean Robert plays a role where he keeps some of his seriousness but takes it to a laughable level. He is still some top secret guy who is very devious. I wish that another one would come out lol.
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