huge disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (22 May 2005)

I have some major problems with Meet the Fockers. Besides the fact that it uses tired and uninspired jokes and the script is lame, The Fockers are what really get to me. In Meet the Parents I saw this really conservative and uptight father in De Niro. I felt Stiller's humility because I could actually relate to his situation, or at least imagine myself in his situation sometime in the future. This is what made the movie so good. It was hard to watch because I could imagine the movie happening in real life to a certain extent. Greg's parents are completely unbelievable, in that I could NEVER imagine the story in Meet the Fockers taking place in real life. The Fockers are so extremely laid back and open about sex that they seem fake. Let me tell you: I know a few people who have some qualities that the Fockers, but none of them have sex books scattered around their house. None of them would, in a million years, talk about circumcision at the dinner table, ESPECIALLY when they are with their daughter's fiancé's parents. Not that I demand realism in movies. Its just that Meet the Fockers was a hit because it wasn't a typical Hollywood comedy. It was a great movie in my opinion, and in many other opinions as well, because of its realistic awkwardness and humility felt by Stiller. Meet the Fockers takes every last bit of that realism away. I'm sure you know certain people who enjoyed Meet the Parents for the same reasons I did, and you also know people who liked Meet the Fockers a lot better than Meet the Parents because of its crude and over-the-top humor. Meet the Parents was an original comedy. Meet the Fockers uses the same formula that so many other Hollywood comedies use these days. Thats why it is such a disappointment.