Meet The Fockers (DVD)

Considering how much everying was saying how good this film was I can't say it is that good. In truth it wasn't really funny.

Absolutely brilliant film,hillarious,fantastic comedy.Actors brilliant.Would recooend to any one to watch.Bought for husband for xmas.One to watch more than once.

In my eyes, Ben Stiller can do no wrong - whilst I wasn't that keen on Zoolander (see my review) it still outshines most modern comedies today. Meet the Fockers is another gem from the guys who brought you Meet the Parents (and yes Owen Wilson does cameo - yey!). Once again, Stiller and DeNiro are superb, and whilst in the first film, the female relations essentially propped up scenes, this time we get Barabara Streisand who is superb. I've not seen her in any other films, but my parents think she's great, and I really agree. She definitely has a penchant for comedy and her on screen rapport with Hoffman is superb. Hoffman himself is also a class act and sooooo funny from the minute you see him (doing some sort of Tai Chi in the garden) to the very end. Where this film suffers, is that it has taken the same approach as the first, and it feels a little repetitive for this. New characters can only be relied upon to keep the film going for so long, then you need actual storyline. I still loved it anyway, but its at least a star less than Meet the Parents for the lack of originality (can you have an original sequel?). Very much look forward to Meet the Parents 3 - apparently entitled Meet the Little Focker (please please please don't let it be a remake of Three Men and a Baby).

After sequels to Star Wars, Batman, and The Matrix, you were probably thinking why the fock should I bother to buy another sequel DVD or go to watch another sequel at the cinema, and with comedies this has typically be even more true - just think of how you felt when you thought Robin Williams announced he was doing a sequel to Flubber. Well, here is one to prove you wrong. Meet the Fockers is one of the few comedy sequels that delivers.

Stiller, de Niro (back to his best after the comedy-come-film noir Rocky and Bullwinkle), Hoffman (still looking for second base), Streisand (as Mother Focker) are all on tip top form. If you remember Stiller in the first movie he brings all of his puppy-dog innocence to this flick, and of course his deadpan comic style which gels beatifully with the old Streisand slapstick which has not be seen since the late 80s. With Hoffman and De Niro going at it head to head as the two fathers you also get that same feeling as you got when you saw de Niro and Pacino together for the first time on screen in Heat - momentous cinematic moments, but this time you can laugh at the same time!! There is no heat around the corner with this one folks, just a lot of great laughs for all the family, and some for just you (and not the kids!) to enjoy.