Meet the Typecast Actors

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2004)

Robert DeNiro as the straight-faced former CIA agent, Ben Stiller as the goofy yet lovable fall guy, Barbara Streisand as the annoying liberal hippie, and Dustin Hoffman as the wildly eccentric funny man with a heart of gold.
Needless to say, the Meet the Fockers cast doesn't stretch the imagination of its audience by any means.
However, as long as you're not looking for any Oscar-echelon performances or a Casablanca-caliber story, you will probably enjoy this movie as I did.
What Meet the Fockers lacks in originality and style it makes up for ten-fold in star power and humor. Although much of the movies' comedy is situated around the premise of a worn pun and a sequence of unbelievable coincidences, it was fun to spend nearly two hours whisked away from the drag of terror alerts and suicide bombers to enjoy the hilarious although at times implausible antics that ensue in this second Jay Roach installment.
Overall rating: 7 out of 10.