A watchable, moderately amusing sequel

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2019)

'Meet the Fockers' is a moderately amusing sequel to the original 'Meet the Parents' film. It has a few good laughs here and there but is far from hilarious and goes though too many unfunny lulls.
Plot-wise the film is very thin and too similar to the original. While it does produce the odd humourous situtation, it is also clearly lacking in ideas and originality and it feels like just another generic, uninspired comedy movie.
Comedy sequels often turn out to be disasters and so 'Meet the Fockers' at least deserves some praise for being watchable and somewhat funny. There are some good acting performances, particularly from Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, though the film probably relies too heavily on these two for a lot of the entertainment as the storyline is lacking.