It's 80% as good as 'Parents'

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2004)

'Meet the Parents' was the surprise hit of 2000. 'Meet the Fockers' will be a mediocre hit for late '04/early '05.
This time around Greg has to introduce the Byrnes' to the Fockers, Greg's family. A stay-at-home dad played by Hoffman and a sex therapist for the elderly played by Streisand was a good way to portray the world's most embarrassing parents.
I can't talk about this without ruining it or spoiling it so i'll just have to say if you laughed hard at the 'Parents' you'll at least laugh 80% that amount with the 'Fockers'. The only thing that takes away occasionally is that there may be TOO many sex jokes. This is sometimes unnecessary but then you think 'How could they be any MORE embarrassing?' you just throw in a sex joke that would make you turn red and cover your face as Greg 'Gaylord M.' Focker does through the whole movie. Definitely worth it for the laughs. Funnier than 'Along Came Polly', Definitely funnier than 'Envy' (that one was trash), Probably just as funny as 'Dodgeball' (maybe funnier). BUT, it is NOT funnier than 'Meet The Parents'. It is still a laugh riot, but again you're guaranteed 80% of the amount of laughs you got the first time. The downfall is sometimes the jokes are repetitive of the first. But you gotta love seeing it like the first time you saw the original. It's a great film filled with laughs but nothing too original or groundbreaking in comedy like the first. At times Repetitive, at times original, all times HILARIOUS.