decent,but lackluster follow up to the original

Rating: 5/10 (1 January 2007)

The follow up to Meet the Parents is generally a decent film.not as funny as the first,and a bit tedious at times,but all in all not a bad effort.In this installment,Pam's parents,the Byrnes(Robert Deniro and Blythe Danner)meet Greg's parent's,the Fockers(Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand).the two families are like night and day,which should make for some hilarity,but fall a bit flat.there are some funny moments,just not as many as there could be,and this movie is not always entertaining.there are some spots that lag or scenes that could have been cut.the movie doesn't flow as smoothly as it should.The acting is fine.it is the material that is lackluster.i believe there are plans for a third installment.if so lets hope they iron out any bugs and maybe the third will be more on par with the first.this movie is average,but could have been so much more. 5* out of 10