I did NOT expect to like this but I did-and I didn't even like the first one!

Rating: 7/10 (3 December 2006)

SPOILERS THROUGH:
The last thing I expected was to like the sequel to "Meet The Parents", a movie I didn't even like that much and that I thought was over rated. Yet I did like the sequel, "Meet The Fockers" very much. And that's unusual for me. I don't even usually watch sequels, let alone from movies I didn't like that much in the first place. But this movie is very funny, in a belly laughing kind of way, not a great movie, but a fun entertaining One.
The main reason I liked this was the same reason I didn't like the first one. With the first one, there were Plenty of laughs but it was always at Greg's expense and there was a meanness present that was a major turn off. It was almost a black comedy but one I thought was highly over rated. With Fockers, although some meanness is present, the pureness of comedy is much stronger then the first one. People play off each other not against each other, and you laugh with them rather then at them. There is some very good comedy in this and another reason is because the characters are very funny in and of themselves but in a way that is accessible to the audience and easy to relate to.
The Fokker's themselves are real, fully developed people and Hoffman and Streisand are utterly hilarious. They work incredibly together and project a sense of fun as well as going for the comedic. It was tremendously enjoyable watching them and seeing the zany antics they and the rest of the cast, got up to. The movie moved smoothly as well, the pace was excellent and the laughs, while not constant, were very funny when they did happen.
De Niro I thought was excellent in the first one and here he is still great. This is one where nobody really outshines the other though, and even the supporting cast(the baby, the police officer etc) were hilarious. The Fokker's are one of those families one just wants to see more of. Their fun, their funny, and even Ben Stiller, who I'm not a major fan of, came across as tremendously likable and much more fun then in the first one. I'm drawing comparisons because it seems like many people preferred "Meet The Parents" over "Meet The Fockers" and with me it's the other way around. I'd give this movie an easy 7.
The scene where Greg, gets up and starts telling the truth was hysterical and reminded me a bit of "Liar Liar". I would definitely recommend this movie. It was pleasant surprise to like a movie I went into thinking would be absolutely terrible.