A bit over done...

Rating: Null/10 (16 January 2005)

Meet the Parents was an inspired comedy.It had a very funny premise,and delivered a bunch of great laughs.When the rumors for Meet the Fockers came out on the internet soon after,I was excited,I thought(and so did many other web pages) they'd use Ben Stiller's real parents,Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller,and Anne Meara,but they didn't.The film opens with Gaylord "Greg" Focker,who we all know by now is a male nurse,delivering his first baby.The father of the baby asks if he can the name the baby after Greg,he sees his name tag,and sees why Greg is hesitant.Well Greg gets to his apartment,where he calls his parents to remind,them that they are going.Well the rest of the day goes smoothly for Greg,and his wife to be Pam.They make it to her parents house.Where we find out Jack Byrnes is now a Grandfather,to Pam's sister's baby named Jack after Deniro's Byrnes .Pam's sister,and brother from Meet the Parents are absent in Meet the Fockers.They hit the road in Jack's camper,which looks like a tank,Greg even makes a joke about it.Along the way,Jack shows Greg his new invention,a breast feeding pump,that is molded from Little Jack's mothers breast,the joke is funny once,but they use it over and over in the movie.Jack discusses with Greg his legacy,and how he isn't sure Greg,or his family will fit in it.We now know that DeNiro's Jack hasn't changed much from Meet the Parents,and it progresses in Meet The Fockers.They reach Miami Florida,which is were we are introduced to Greg's parents Roz,and Bernie Focker.They are very different from Jack.Thats when the bulk of the film begins.Dustin Hoffman,and Barbara Streisand are great as Bernie,and Roz.They are very funny.Hoffman is particularly great as Bernie,a loving Dad,who has a Wall of Greg's Honorable mention ribbons.Hoffman,and Streisand have great chemistry as the loving Focker parents.But DeNiro's Byrnes goes a little too far,Robert DeNiro is an actor I admire a lot,but Jack Byrnes is an unlikable jerk in Meet the Fockers.He has a great talent for comedy too,Analyze This was a hilarious movie.But when you should be laughing at Greg's crazy actions,you actually don't think they are funny at all,and feel sorry for what Jack is doing to him,after trying so hard to earn his respect.There is one momment in Meet the Fockers,where Jack injects a truth shot in him,people in the theatre were laughing hard at it,but like I said earlier I felt sorry for Greg.Maybe I took Meet the Fockers a little too seriously.Maybe I should have relaxed and had a fun time.As for a third Focker outing,leave the parents out of it,and have it focus on Greg,and Pam starting a family.
2.5/4