Malevolently poor sequel to a brilliant film...

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2005)

'Meet the Fockers' is a malevolently poor sequel to the brilliant comedy 'Meet the Parents'. This film has a fantastic cast, with Dustin Hoffman's frenetic performance the highlight. Yet this great cast is set adrift with a generic and ultimately lame character arch. For Ben Stiller fans, the film is better than 'Envy' but no better than 'Along Came Polly' or 'Duplex'. For fans of the great Robert D., it's just as bad as the 'Analyze' sequel and 'Showtime'. I love Stiller and Bobby D but his film was such a letdown. Bottom line is this sequel is not funny... the cameos are wasted... and all the charm is missing this time around. What a cinematic shame!
Final grade = D+