Meet the Fockers [2004]
Director: Jay Roach
Actor: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson
I didn’t like the first film, Meet the Parents, but after seeing the addition of Dustin Hoffmann as the cookie father of Gaylord Focker (Stiller), Bernard Focker, I thought I might enjoy it. Then when I heard Sam say that she really liked it, and that she’d been laughing all the way throughout the film, I thought I’d give it a try. I’d even want to face Barbra Streisand, who I actually thought did a pretty good job, in order to watch this film.
What a waste of time. Stiller is mediocre, Hoffmann is okay, and DeNiro is just downright emberassing. He really needs to stop making films like this. He’s not doing his reputation any good, especially considering how the performance really isn’t that good to begin with. I’m guessing he doesn’t want to be type-cast as the rock hard, in control, though guy, but can’t he do more things like Jackie Brown, Wag the Dog, Sleepers or Flawless to prove that?