Not What I Expected

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2004)

This film is definitely not as family friendly as the first movie. It has been about 2 years since the first movie, so I was left wondering why Jack Burns & Greg Focker still have unresolved issues with one another. Is it completely realistic to believe that something that has not been worked out in 2 years can then be worked out in just a few days? The Streissand sex-therapist role felt a little forced and overbearing at times. This movie is simply just too long and works way too hard to try and be funny. While the first movie was just funny by being creative, many of the jokes simply seem to fall flat and lack the originality of the first movie; luckily there are enough humorous scenes in the movie so that even when a string of jokes fall flat, they tend to get lost in the shuffle. I tried hard to like this movie and I did laugh quite a bit, but this one is definitely not worth the regular price - definitely see this one but be ready for gross-out sexual humor - and make sure to catch the matinée.
6/10