Meet The Fockers EXCEEDED my expectations!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2004)

Meet The Fockers was an undeniable HOME RUN! Today is Dec. 26, 2004...rainy...gloomy (uncharacteristically cold and depressing for Florida) so, we figured we'd be the only people in the theater. By the time the previews were over, we were shocked to see the theater 'packed to the walls', everybody came...families, couples and even people by themselves, every age group and genre. From the beginning of the movie, the theater roared with laughter...most obvious was the large group of people who just couldn't stop laughing. I was one of them, this movie builds and builds...it's NOT 'one laugh after the other....it 'IS' "one laugh 'on top of' the other", genuine great comedy...it references and ties-in with Part I...a flawless continuation...one part was so heinously directed that I jumped out of my seat along with numerous others who were blown away by this hilarious part...there was a 6.0 (richter scale) type scream in unison and a few 'hundred' people shrieked, screamed, laughed, coughed, cackled uncontrollably, clapped and couldn't get it together before the next hilarious thing happened. I'm asthmatic and I had my inhaler with me...I'm glad I did! This is the hardest I have laughed since "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", "Dumb and Dumber", "Elf" and the "Meet the Parents". This film is superbly written with seamless transitions, juicy plot, it impeccably lives up to your 'acting quality' expectations (due to the excellent cast), the camera work is brilliant, lots of 'surprises' in it, it is 'NOT' predictable, it's a well-thought-out sequel that I feel far surpasses the 'laugh-o-meter' readings of 'Meet the Parents', Hoffman and Streisand were outrageous, Stiller was Brilliant, the catastrophes that take place are choreographed so well that it IS 'believable' and you're reeled-in hook, line and sinker onto the funnest and funniest laugh-fest roller-coaster this season...I was still laughing when I got home and I embarrassed my husband to death at the theater because I was laughing much too loud (I don't usually do that)...it got to the point that 'my' unbridled laughter (in itself) was cracking up my husband...I, basically, laughed as hard, long and as loud as I humanly could in-between breaths...not just because I wanted to laugh, but because I couldn't help myself...this movie delivers the goods, it's beyond funny, it's magic...the perfect ending to my Christmas weekend! I can't wait to see it again and again. Even after everything I've said, the movie will still 'exceed' your expectations! THIS FILM 'WILL' BE A MAJOR BOX OFFICE HIT, I predict it will exceed the worldwide draw of 'Meet the Parents'!!! My recommendation: SEE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN!