Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (11 February 2005)

I didn't demand too much from this film - I had hoped that it would be one of those films where I could turn off the brain and laugh along with the zany humour.
Alas, that the humour seldom moved beyond laughing at the word 'focker' or seeing a child say 'ass hole'. There were a few good moments but it all seemed rather laboured. A pity really as it wouldn't have taken much to improve it significantly. The fault lay in the screenplay as the actors did as much as you could expect of them. It was lovely to see Barbara Streisand with her earthy presence and De Niro, Stiller and co were fine. However, there was a lack of range in the humour and an overly constrained plot which was not helped by the vast majority of the film taking place in a handful of similar sets.
Worth seeing but nothing like as entertaining as the first film.