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Release Date:
22 December 2004 (USA) more
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And you thought your parents were embarrassing. more
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All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 5 nominations more
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We've Been "Focker-ized"! more (411 total)
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Also Known As:
Meet the Fokkers (USA) (working title)
Meet the Parents 2 (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference.
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115 min | Turkey:106 min (TV version)
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When visiting the Focker household, Pam is seen looking at a vinyl record. The album is "Make It Big", released by Wham! in 1984. more
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Continuity: When Bernie goes to kick Jack, his foot swings past him to the right to hit Greg, but in the just previous shot Greg is standing the other side of Jack, so Bernie would have hit him first anyway. more
Quotes:
Greg Focker: You meet some of the... eh... some of the cousins?
Jack Byrnes: I met some, yes. I met some... Dom?
Greg Focker: Yeah, Dom Focker, that's my dad's... uh... first cousin. You meet his kids, Randy and Orny?
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149 out of 226 people found the following review useful.
We've Been "Focker-ized"!, 20 December 2004
9/10
Author: Radio_Lady from Portland, Oregon

"Meet the Fockers" sounds like "Meet the f-u-u-…". Oops! Can't say that because of FCC guidelines. Just the same, the title pretty much describes the level of the humor in this Ben Stiller comedy. But that's redundant because it IS a Ben Stiller movie. Clearly my expectations for this movie were not high and, maybe because of that, I found "Meet the Fockers" quite funny.

Don't get me wrong. This is not a movie for everyone. First off, the writers did not miss a single opportunity to play off of the name "Focker". It's silly and gets a little old but it somehow works with the other repetitious low-down gags.

Focker is the family name for Greg (Focker), Ben Stiller. The funniest Fockers, however, (now I'm doing it) are Greg's parents Bernie and Roz, a loose and liberal Florida hippy couple still living in the last century and enjoying every minute of it. Dustin Hoffman, as Bernie displays a previously unrevealed talent for over the top comedy. Fitting perfectly with Hoffman's Bernie, is Barbra Streisand as Roz Focker, reminiscent of the "zaftig" Lainie Kazan. Bernie is a yesteryear lawyer who has not practiced since who knows when. Roz is the main breadwinner from her business as a sex therapist to the elderly.

Greg is not too eager to reveal his parents' true nature to his fiancée's parents as they all come to visit to get to know one another better. Teri Polo nicely plays Greg's fiancée Pam. Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner play her stiff and straight parents, Jack and Dina Byrnes. Oh – also add in some baby low-brow by Spencer and Bradley Pickeren, two adorable twins playing Little Jack.

So, go low, go loose -- or don't go at all -- but if you like Ben Stiller, go see "Meet the Fockers". Dustin's antics will crack you up and you'll enjoy Barbra back on the big screen after so long. Rated a B+.

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