Meet the Fockers (2005, DVD)

For starters, Meet the Parents was one the great comedies of the past 10 years and was hilarious because it was unbearably uncomfortable at times. I laughed so hard when I first saw it in the theaters that I was driven to buy the DVD... I've since watched it so many times that I've knocked the funniness out of it (unfortunately) and I looked to Meet the Fockers to rekindle that Ben Stiller / awkward humor. And you know what? This sequel did! Meet the Fockers is true to the first movie - same cast, same plot, same humor, nothing over the top. And it worked. The entire audience was hysterical for 90 minutes.

Barbara Streisand and Dustin Hoffman are fantastic as Ben Stiller's parents (the Fockers). Streisand is especially funny and nutty and Hoffman plays a completely bizarre, emotional character. I would have given Meet the Fockers 5/5 rating except for one scene (I won't reveal, but its about 80% of the way through) that really irked me (way over the top). Other than those 5 minutes - Meet the Fockers was totally fun.

Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Jay Roach, Robert De Niro
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo

Great Meet the Fockers quotes:
Jack Byrnes: I'm not so sure this wedding is such a good idea. I don't like what I'm seeing from these Fockers.

Isabel: He is a handsome little Focker!
Jack Byrnes: He's not a Focker.

Greg Focker: Look, Little Jack was crying so I picked him up and gave him some hugs. Then I went into the kitchen to answer the phone and when I came back, he had let himself out of the playpen, put on Scarface and glued his hands to the rum bottle. Ok?

Roz Focker: Tell me, what's going on with that man of yours?
Dina Byrnes: Well, Jack's always been a little wound up. His job is very stressful.
Roz Focker: Being a florist is stressful?
Dina Byrnes: There's more to it than people think.

Dina Byrnes: Bernie, this frittata is wonderful, what's in it?
Bernie Focker: Well, a lot of the taste comes from this old skillet. I've never washed it.

Watching Meet the Parents made me laugh so hard, I cried. But Meet the Fockers topped it's prequel by a million laughs!

This comedy mix including Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Barbara Streisand, and Dustin Hoffman made for a fast moving, side splitting tale of bringing Pam and Greg's families together for the upcoming wedding. While Pam's family is refined and has class, Greg's parents are overaged hippies who believe in physical, mental and spiritual freedoms and liberties.

If you appreciate mildly crude humor and tongue-in-cheek remarks, you'll love Meet the Fockers!