Little Fockers (2010– 98 mins) B. Stiller, R. Dr Niro

In “Meet The Parents” all Gaylord (Greg) Focker wants to do is win over the parents of his future wife and to be loved by all. There are multiple misunderstandings leading to tons of embarassment humor and non trust by Jack Burns until he realizes he is wrong and Focker is the happy hero in the end. In “Meet The Fockers” all Greg wants to do is win over the parents of his future wife,introduce them to his parents, and to be loved by all. There are multiple misunderstandings leading to tons of embarrassment humor and non trust by Jack Burns until he realizes he is wrong and Focker is the happy hero in the end. So what do you think “Little Fockers” will be? Yes of course it’s more of the same. Jack is having some minor hear problems and wants to appoint a successor to lead the all powerful Burns family. All Greg wants to do is to have a birthday party for his twins and to make crazy father in-law Jack happy. There are multiple misunderstandings leading to tons of embarrassment humor and non trust by Jack Burns until he realizes he is wrong and Focker is the happy hero in the end.

I don’t want to say it’s bad, but it’s been done before… TWICE. It wasn’t old in the second movie tho. In fact, the added presence of Dustin Hoffman and Babs Streisand (both excellent in it) was a welcome addition and made the movie that much funnier. The problem is this whole 3rd installment is more of the same and became old/stale too. They Jump the shark a bit here and everyone even the elder Fockers seem to be sleepwalking through this payday. I am hoping they bury this series where it stands and don’t make any more to tarnish the legacy of the 2 excellent and funny beginning movies. Sure it’s got some funny parts and who doesn’t love looking at Jessica Alba for a while, so I cannot say it’s BAD or don’t watch it. I just wouldn’t drop everything to see it ASAP. On a side note, not only can I not believe how it made 30 million on it’s first weekend AND right at 150$million total, but how in the hell did they manage to spend 100$, yes that’s 100(!) million on this movie. Did they just overpay the hell out of all the stars here? B/c they didn’t sink very much into a script/story that’s for sure.

Verdict–> A mildly funny movie which is just an extension of the first 2 movies and more of the same jokes. It’s not a bad option if everything is out of stock at the red box and want to see something. But I wouldn’t go out of my way to see it right away. Another so so recommendation of a movie which is not “bad” and not “good” at the same time.

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