Crude and Nasty Jokes

Rating: 5/10 (30 May 2006)

I loved Meet the Parents. That will always be placed in my top 10 favorite comedy movies, ever. The reason why that movie is placed as one of my favorite comedy films of all time is that the jokes are so simple and so easily understood, it was enjoyable, even for the family. I've watched the movie many times and never put it down since. I believe Meet the Parents was where I first believe Ben Stiller to be my favorite comedy actor. From there, I've seen dozens of outstanding movies by him, particularly Zoolander. And here came Meet the Fockers, the supposed sequel of the delightful, mild comedy of Meet the Parents. That had to end right there.
Meet the Fockers was beyond the simplistic jokes of Meet the Parents. Sure, it did have an outstanding cast, including Barbara Streisand and Dustin Hoffman as an addition to the original cast, but the jokes were just too much, that it didn't feel like a Meet the Parents-like movie anymore. The jokes were mostly sexual and crude, and were meant for one laugh rather than most. Making some of the most ridiculous jokes ever, I couldn't bear watching the movie. The progress of the film was also cliché. It was the same exact thing as Meet the Parents, but with a new height in its jokes. Overall, it wasn't a satisfying movie and I was disappointed at how Meet the Parents was so different from Meet the Fockers.