Better than the original!

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2004)

I saw this with my wife and was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was going to be more of the same from the original but after seeing a preview of the "footy ball" scene on Jay Leno I thought we should give it a try.
With the original I found the grilling of Gaylord by his potential father-in-law funny and amusing. But when the whole movie is full of it, it gets very annoying very quickly. Fortunately for this sequel, it has a saving grace in the form of Gaylords parents, Bernie and Roz. What a breath of fresh air. I feel stuffy and uptight while watching DeNiro (maybe cos DeNiro's character is stuffy and uptight) but when it switches to Bernie and Roz I relax and the laughs came out a lot easier.
Maybe I felt for Gaylord after going through the same thing when I was in the process of marrying my wife.
I have a 1.5 year old son but the baby in the movie just annoyed me. The baby in the movie though was quite smart in baby signing.
This movie is good fun. A more balanced experience than the first movie and my wife and I definitely enjoyed it more. Unfortunately after this movie my wife and I saw the ridiculous Oceans 12. Maybe we should've just gone home after seeing Meet The Fockers...