If you loved the first two Focker movies, are you in for a treat as they rehash and retell almost every joke and complication you saw in the first two movies! There's so much recycling of jokes and plots, I thought Al Gore was one of the screenwriters.Ben Stiller is back as Greg Focker - the male nurse who married Pam (Teri Polo) and has spent several years terrorized by her father, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro). However, Jack is starting to come to grips with his own mortality, so he is worried about who will become the family patriarch (Yes, Little Fockers is a movie that feels like it was written in the 1950's, until the dirty stuff kicks in). Of course, he wants to see if Greg has what it takes be The Man, so he's off to Chicago for the grandkids birthday party, and a thorough examination of his son-in-law.
Will Greg pass the test?
Is there anything to laugh at?
How redundant is Little Fockers?
Owen Wilson is back as Kevin - the old boyfriend who still pines away for Pam (still?).
Jack still likes Kevin more and wants to see him end up with Pam (still?).
A series of misunderstandings cause Jack to think Greg is up to no good with a sexy drug sales rep, Andi (Jessica Alba), who can help the nurse make a major amount of cash the family wants to put to good use (Is this an episode of Three's Company? Is De Niro playing Mr. Furley?).
Then, it wouldn't be a complete failure at comedy without a bunch of potty humor and uncomfortable gross out moments, like jokes about erectile dysfunction drugs and the world's most grotesque vomit scene since The Exorcist. Oh goody.
Director Paul Weitz and the writing team need to present new challenges to make us care, but fail to do so. The rehashed jokes don't pack the same punch the second, or third, or fourth time around. I love De Niro, Hoffman, Streisand, Stiller and the rest of the gang, but it is sad to see them all flailing about in Little Fockers. I can understand Alba being eager to star in this tripe, but De Niro? Streisand? Hoffman?
Just for good measure, if you weren't already convinced Little Fockers was a chance to reuse every joke from the first two movies, the sequence played over the closing credits will convince you that you are experiencing the worst case of déjà vu in history.
½ Waffle (Out of 4)
Little Fockers is rated PG-13 for mature sexual humor throughout, language and some drug content.
Owen Wilson is back as Kevin - the old boyfriend who still pines away for Pam (still?).
Jack still likes Kevin more and wants to see him end up with Pam (still?).
A series of misunderstandings cause Jack to think Greg is up to no good with a sexy drug sales rep, Andi (Jessica Alba), who can help the nurse make a major amount of cash the family wants to put to good use (Is this an episode of Three's Company? Is De Niro playing Mr. Furley?).
Then, it wouldn't be a complete failure at comedy without a bunch of potty humor and uncomfortable gross out moments, like jokes about erectile dysfunction drugs and the world's most grotesque vomit scene since The Exorcist. Oh goody.
Director Paul Weitz and the writing team need to present new challenges to make us care, but fail to do so. The rehashed jokes don't pack the same punch the second, or third, or fourth time around. I love De Niro, Hoffman, Streisand, Stiller and the rest of the gang, but it is sad to see them all flailing about in Little Fockers. I can understand Alba being eager to star in this tripe, but De Niro? Streisand? Hoffman?
Just for good measure, if you weren't already convinced Little Fockers was a chance to reuse every joke from the first two movies, the sequence played over the closing credits will convince you that you are experiencing the worst case of déjà vu in history.
½ Waffle (Out of 4)
Little Fockers is rated PG-13 for mature sexual humor throughout, language and some drug content.
