Getting all Fockered Up was never so fun!

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2004)

MEET THE FOCKERS (2004) ***1/2 Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Spencer & Bradley Pickren, Alanna Ubach, Ray Santiago, Tim Blake Nelson, Owen Wilson, Shelley Berman. Frequently uproariously funny sequel to the blockbuster comedy of errors "Meet The Parents" this time with Gaylord Focker (the ever hapless Stiller) bringing his future in-laws The Byrneses (rigidly suspicious De Niro & put-upon Danner)to meet his equally embarrassing parents (Hoffman and Streisand in an inspired bit of stunt casting that pays off in huge laughs) as he prepares the marriage to Pam (Polo the straight woman for all the shenanigans at hand and a good sport to boot) with nothing going his way and slapstick ensuing miscommunications run the gamut of the hard to believe and hard not to laugh at thanks to a lively screenplay by PARENTS scribes John Hamburg and James Herzfeld with a story assist by Marc Hyman. (DIR: Jay Roach)