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Bookmark this pageMeet the Parents: Little Fockers (2010)
Director: Paul Weitz
Movie review
From Time Out London
The ‘Meet the Parents’ crew are back for a third sniff at the trough – and this time the odour is stale. At least the first two films had clear agendas: first, in ‘Meet the Parents’, put-upon Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) had to win over his girlfriend’s father, Jack Byrnes (Robert DeNiro), an ex-CIA hard man, and then in ‘Meet the Fockers’ he had to introduce Jack to his liberal, Jewish parents (Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand). Now all we need is any old excuse – the approaching Fockers’ kids’ fifth birthday party – to bring everyone back together, including Kevin (Owen Wilson), a hippy ex-banker and old flame of Greg’s wife, and watch as damp indoor fireworks limply explode in various directions. Again, the main conflict is between Greg and Jack, but it’s a tired old battle. We’ve seen Jack’s eccentric nighttime trails before, just as we’ve seen Greg accidentally getting himself into hot water with his father-in-law (here over a mistaken case of adultery with a colleague at work). Hoffman and Streisand take a back seat, but they shouldn’t have bothered at all as the film can barely find anything for them to do, bar Hoffman trying to mine comedy from his character’s newfound love of flamenco. Worst of all, one of the main gags is poor self-parody as Jack adopts mafia stylings as he tries to nominate his ‘successor’, the ‘God Focker’. Very weak.Author: Dave Calhoun
Time Out London Issue 2022: 2 – 8 December, 2010
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- E A Dobson said...
- Posted on Mar 20 2011 18:43 Get a life Alice
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- alice said...
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Posted on Mar 15 2011 16:39
if you are reading this then
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- alice said...
- Posted on Mar 15 2011 16:38 poo
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- alice said...
- Posted on Mar 15 2011 16:36 it was horibel it was like a horre
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- Alice said...
- Posted on Mar 15 2011 16:34 it is so cool you need to wach it
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- kerry said...
- Posted on Feb 02 2011 16:57 when does this film finish in the cinemas is it in there on the 19th february 2011? x
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- princesspink said...
- Posted on Jan 26 2011 18:18 i thought this film was really funny, i loved the 1st 2 films and though this 1 might not be as good, BUT to my surprise it was! i really enjoyed it, am happy 2 recommend this film : )
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- TRUTHTELLER. said...
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Posted on Jan 20 2011 00:20
Would someone tell Ben Stiller that his dad is the funny one in the family.
What a load of rubbish. - Report as inappropriate
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Posted on Jan 20 2011 00:12
Is it any wonder that Hollywood is having it's worst year in a decade?
This film should be burned.
Comedy? I don't think so, they usually have laughs.
Sometimes a comedy with just a few laughs will work if it's interesting but this is just boring.
Why do they keep putting DenNiro in what they think are comedies?
Why was this film released?
Why won't Owen Wilson just GO AWAY!!
Also, no way is this a PG12. It should be PG15.
The British Board of Film Censors should be replaced with three monkies and a chicken. - Report as inappropriate
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- roger rabbit said...
- Posted on Jan 15 2011 17:56 Waste of your life....post ten quid down a drain
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- DV said...
- Posted on Jan 15 2011 17:33 Sounds like there are some very prudish people out there. And perhaps a little bit simple - take an eleven year old girl to a film entitled Little Fockers? It just may contain some saucy jokes... Whatever next?!! And should we seriously take the advice of anyone who cannot spell 'definitely'...
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- Chad said...
- Posted on Jan 04 2011 12:52 Anybody who finds this movie funny has clearly no understanding of cinema whatsover, and probaly laughs at movies with scenes of somebody falling of a chair or geting a cake in the face....what I dont understand is why actors stoop so low to take these roles...Robert...c´mon you used to be my idle. Anyway my fault for watching..part III is never good unless it was meant from the start such as Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Even back to future part III was better and that movies was BAD
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- daz said...
- Posted on Jan 03 2011 18:56 the wife loved it, my kids loved it, 15 years the youngest child and it should be rated 15. but you know what ur getting when uve seen the others. think alot of you on here need a sense of humor! its a ben stiller film not orsen wells!! definately recommend it to people who like a laugh! and if my wife and kids r happy then im happy and thats what counts.
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- E A Dobson said...
- Posted on Jan 03 2011 15:35 Am i the only one who thought the 2nd film was disappointing enough to not care to see this 1?
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- ec said...
- Posted on Jan 02 2011 13:55 it was okay wouldnt reccomend it though
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Cast & crew
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: 12A
Duration: 98 mins
UK Release: Dec 22 2010
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