People are way to easy on this movie.

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2005)

The most surprising thing about this movie was that I actually liked Barbara Streisand in it, and I figured my tendencies would reject her on principle. I say this is the most surprising thing because this is this is the most blatant use of sequel-sploitation I've seen in film-making. Let me sum up every joke in Meet the Fockers.
"Hey! Remember that really funny moment in Meet the Parents? Here's a reminder of that joke because we couldn't make new ones for this movie." I usually don't like to go on rants about "what's wrong with Hollywood" but rest assured if there is something wrong with Hollywood, this is it. Austin Powers 2 was a big romp through past jokes, but somehow that still came off fresh and funny. This movie is more recycled than the only towel at pie-eating contest. Dustin Hoffman's performance was very generic and he definitely phoned this one in. I could say the same for every other person in this cast except Striesand who might've been trying to win some points with the younger audience who mostly know her from her non-flattering appearances South Park... present company included.