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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo 2012-05-25 07:59:33

To say the franchise is coasting along on fumes suggests it once ran on a full tank.

2012-05-24 17:46:17

Nicely done and very funny!!!

This movie is very close to the mark, to what real life is like w/ kids and a family. Maybe that is why it is so funny to more people than the other reviews that are here. I had to do a review that told the real story rather than, "the worst movie ever", This movie is in my opinion one of the better one's out of the three. It goes over things that happen in a everyday life of a family, kids mad at their parents and not talking to them b/c of that, but talking thru the siblings or other parent to talk to them. The staleness between husband and wife, sexualy, b/c of the kids not getting to bed, ect. Relation to real life is what makes this movie so relatable to many parents and couples and will have you laughing at their problems that are yours also all night. The carricters (Stiller and DeNero)come togeather and have more of a unity than in the other 2 previous movies. The movie is a very funny movie and has you laughing all the way thru. Parental review is suggested w/ smaller children as ther is a few parts that are sexuly explicit for younger children.

David Edwards 2012-05-21 19:11:27

Little Fockers is a film light on plot, bereft of laughs and featuring a cast who look as if they want to kill themselves.

Manohla Dargis 2012-05-21 13:07:34

How do you top Ms. Streisand and Mr. Hoffman playing at being the happy, sexy hippie couple for easy jokes? You don't. Apparently, you don't even try, as is evident from the new movie's lack of wit and surplus of lazy scenes.

carla04 2012-05-19 20:33:47

Few Laughs

Terrible movie. Huge disappointment. There were just too many badscenes in this movie to give it anything more than one star. If I couldgive it a zero, I would. For instance: What ever happened to thepot-smoking son from the first movie? Shouldn't he have been thesuccessor to Jack's throne as head of the family? Or what about thescene with Jack using a homemade defibrillator on himself. Or the scenewhere Greg cut himself and squirted blood all over everyone. Or theerection scene where the kid walks in on Greg stabbing Jack in thepenis with a needle. I snickered at the "God Focker" and that's becauseit just sounds so dumb. And as if they didn't wear "God Focker" outthey had to move on to something even dumber: "Bob Focker." Ridiculous.I just didn't see the humor in any of this. The movie is loaded withsex jokes and potty humor ("Daddy, can girls poop out of theirvaginas?"). I am more than a little sick of the Owen Wilson characterKevin. It's ten years later and he's still hanging around and piningaway over Pam? Really? No. Just doesn't work for me. Every character inthis movie was way over the top.Why the movie is called "Little Fockers" I'm not sure. The storylinehas little to do with the Focker children who turn out to be ratherobnoxious.Andi Garcia ripping her clothes off and jumping into the huge pit inthe backyard? Just stupid.Save your money and your time. Also, do not take your kids. You'll besorry. There are too many adult subject matters and sexual innuendo inthis movie for kids.I think the Focker franchise is dead. It's time to lay this one torest, Mr. Stiller. View this movie at your own risk. You have beenwarned.

2012-05-19 08:13:28

DeNiro should be ashamed

Whenever someone asks me who I think is a better actor, Pacino or DeNiro, I used to always say DeNiro until now. This movie is horrible and it just shows you that the studio films are about making money, period! There is no more artistic point of being anymore in studio films, and this one is atrocious! Movie Studios are now mega corporations and we all know with corporations that profits for investors comes before quility and content. I just watched a documentary about George Lucus and he said the exact same thing.

Jason Heck 2012-05-19 05:13:02

The law of diminishing returns catches up with yet another creaky franchise.

Frank Swietek 2012-05-18 13:24:20

While not as obnoxious as its predecessor...an uninspired riff on an old formula, and structurally a shambles.

Howlin Wolf 2012-05-17 16:02:16

Fock Off!

"Little Fockers" is a second sequel that remorselessly treads oldground, and not only that, such an uninspired approach had the negativeside effect of making me realise how much I hated the characters - withthe exception of the part played by Dustin Hoffman, who wasn't in itfor very long because he made a wise decision! Bernie Focker aside,they are all deeply unpleasant and downright mean to one another, whichis only tolerable when all of the rancour actually yields laughs. Inthis case however, it doesn't.Those familiar with the previous efforts who might expect someprogression in this tale of family relations might well think that theold grudges would've smoothed over somewhat, now that they all knoweach other... That new conflicts might need to be explored, now thateverybody has tested the water. Amazingly enough, they all behave inexactly the same way towards one another, nobody has grown, evolved, orchanged. Go in a new direction, for pete's sake, or don't produceanother script featuring characters that don't have any juice left inthem. Given the title, I thought they were going to try something differentand focus on the kids, but no, for the most part, it's the same oldsame old. Not only are you pointlessly having Robert De Niro essaying anautocratic character beyond any sense implied by the circumstances, butone of your main setpieces is an erection gag that totally lacks in anysort of cleverness... How undignified. It's an insult to gathertogether so many big names, and then just assume that the audience willhappily lap up any old drivel.

nathanliu1192 2012-05-17 04:34:53

A storyline which never gets going...

This film exhibits one of the most poorly constructed plot lines I haveseen in a while. The plot is predictable, and sometimes too similar toprevious films in the series. Poor, false acting also brings this filmdown. The ending stands unimaginative also, and left me thinking 'Isthat it?' and waiting for a twist. It never came. One line of speech isall it took to round off the whole story so don't go expecting all theloose ends to be tied up.The film did make me chuckle at times, and Jessica Alba shines as eyecandy, but that is about it. Acting from her, and all characters was sofalse, I found myself shaking my head at the screen at times.This film deserves nothing more than a 4/10, as, in summary, it is a avaguely comical, poorly scripted, uninspiring attempt at a sequel to aseries which reached its end long ago.

oubrickman 2012-05-15 21:56:48

Just not good

Maybe the good scenes will be on the extended DVD/BD as the ones in thetheatrical release cannot be the ones that were intended.Movie was extremely choppy and the addition of a new major characterthis time around was a complete disaster. Adding Hoffman and Streisandin Fockers II added depth, "adding" Alba in Fockers III sent it to thedepths.This movie was full of caricatures. DeNiro and Hoffman should beashamed, Streisand as well. Possibly the worst movie for Hoffman sinceAshtar.Not even sure that you should Redbox it.Hope that this will be it. Should have stopped at II.

Sören Vendsahm 2012-05-15 09:08:14

One to many!

To start of positive...the cast of the movie is once again awesome...Ireally enjoy the mix of dramatic actors like Robert DeNiro, DustinHoffmann and Barbra Streisand and comedic actors like Ben Stiller andOwen Wilson. Newly acquired Jessica Alba was not a big help to sell themovie I would suggest but still she fits into the mix in some kindaways!The story overall was shallow...I don't wanna jump into any details butit was pretty obvious where the movie was going. I mean it was teasedall the time that their might be some connection on a personal levelbetween Gaylord and Andi and of course Jack wants to find out and seessuspicious images and scenes and so on...so not a real surprise there!It all leads to the huge fight between those two because Jack islooking for an actual replacement for Gaylord in the marriage betweenhis daughter and the Focker and yeah...thats pretty much the entireplot...I guess the plot was never the selling thing in the prequels either soat least the series hasn't took a step backwards...some kind ofpositive in a way!Right back to a good thing...the film references...I really really loveto Godfather...and the fact that DeNiro was part of that too makes iteven funnier. The only line that really kinda cracked me in the entiremovie was "the Godfocker!" nothing to fancy on that joke tho, but itwas played perfectly into the scene...and following scenes that tookspins from the Godfather where all nicely done! The scene where Jackgets carried off by the ambulance as a rip of off the shooting andhospital scene with Marlon Brando and Al Pacino was well done as well!I said references...the Jaws reference was a nice thing too...thesoundtrack, the movement of the actual ocean scene into a ball pit wasnicely done for a comedy and yeah...I thought it was a nice referenceat that time!Thats pretty much all of the good things I have to say about LittleFockers (maybe Jessica Alba with sexy black hair and only lingerie canbe added but...!)...and for me the negatives outweighting the positivesin this movie!The title Little Fockers is actually a bit misleading in my opinionbecause the story pretty much focuses on the relationship and the"Circle of Trust" between Gaylord and Jack once again! The littleFockers are in some scenes but they are not carrying anything in thestory except that they are some kind of a symbol for the happy familythat Jack wants to protect. So the title actually only states the factthat there are kids...plain and simple...a bit too plain and simple forme!Then I gotta say something about certain types of acting...I loveRobert DeNiro and Ben Stiller...I enjoy watching them...but maybefighting scenes are not really their expertise! The fighting scene hitsthe screen and I kinda felt that that was one of the lamest fightingscenes I have ever seen! Not because of the location or whatever...butjust the acting in this "action" scene was not really well done anddidn't came across as a moment where the relationship could actually beended for the entire time! Also I disliked the fact that Focker landedsome shots...I mean Jack is build up as a freakin tough former CIAagent...shouldn't he be able to beat up a nurse decisively? He got theSubmission-Victory so no judges scorecard needed but...come on...he gotrocket once at least!Last thing I wanna get off my chest before I come out and rate thisthing is about Alba, Hoffmann and Streisand! Albas role was certainly abit cheesy...but for me the scene where she wants to "get" Gaylord wasreally really over the top...I mean the acting was certainly badthere...I was a bit disgusted the way that scene came across so I don'tknow how that scene should deliver with that acting performance!Speaking of performance...the performance of Hoffmann and Streisand asthe parents of Gaylord and the in-laws of Pam is not rateable becausethey were only in the movie as some kind of nostalgic look in thepast..there were no really stories going on with them...no side-stringsattached...it felt like they were just in the movie to provide theirnames! Really some sort of false advertising there!So with all that being said...I can only give this movie 4 out of10...maybe the sequel, that they kinda teased with the last scene canlift the entire series back up! I hope so because the first two werereally enjoyable!

2012-05-12 23:22:15

great

This review is from: Little Fockers (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Blu-ray) I had to have this since I am such a fan of the others. Now I have the complete set.

neenahhh 2012-05-12 08:06:21

Definitely not a family movie

Let me start off by saying that I don't think this review will be avery fair one, seeing as I haven't watched the first two movies, so Ican't really compare this to the previous movies and I was with myfriends, and hell, everything looks better when you're with friends! Afew people have told me that the first movie, Meet the Fockers washilarious. I went into the movie theater thinking that this movie wouldbe great, like how other people have claimed. I was sadly disappointed.The laughs that I had were mostly from very crude humor. Severalreferences to penises and sex were made. I'm just glad my mom andsister didn't watch with me. It would have been very awkward. So, ifyou're seriously considering to watch this movie, watch it by yourselfor with friends. You'll be trying to stifle back embarrassed laughter,if you don't.I didn't research about the other two movies, so I have no idea ifJessica Alba or Owen Wilson also starred in the other two movies. Butin my opinion, Owen wasn't needed that much. I didn't see hisconnection to the others. But in all the scenes that he was in, heprobably stole most of the limelight. Jessica Alba's character was veryconfusing. I didn't know if she liked Greg or if she's just plaincrazy.The title of this third installment- Little Fockers- is verymisleading. I thought that it would about the kids, but it wasn't. Idid like seeing the Early Humans School, though. I was amazed by thematurity of the preschoolers enrolled there (ex: making incrediblydetailed sketches and learning about advanced human body parts). Itmade me wonder if such a kindergarten really existed. I highly doubtit, though. However, it would be interesting.This was not a very good movie. I originally gave it a 3, but Irealized that it did make me laugh, so maybe a 4's in order. I don'treally know. I read that this was supposed to be a Christmas film, too?I didn't see anything too Christmas-y about it, though. Except for thevery end. And that seemed too rushed. It was like they thought, "Oh,wait! We should add a small Christmas scene to get more publicity!"Didn't work. Disappointing movie.

Julie Rigg 2012-05-10 04:33:28

I enjoyed it hugely. It's nicely paced by a new director, Paul Weitz, but I reckon the key is in the writing.

Geeky Randy 2012-05-09 13:26:23

Geeky Randy's summary

Third installment to a series that was just hanging by a thread at theend of the second film. An unnecessary installment with Byrnes (DeNiro) questioning Greg (Stiller) as a father, and also a husband…again! The story revolves around the little Fockers (Baiocchi andTahan), but there's very little development and involvement fromeither--all we know is that they're (stereotypically) polar-opposites.Owen Wilson gets an undeserved third billing, and offers nothing new tothe story nor his character. At one point Greg asks Kevin (Wilson),"What are you even doing here, Kevin?!" Perhaps the writers should havetaken this question literally. Hoffman and Streisand are unneeded, butat least they offer some meaningful continuity. Danner and Polo aregreat as the supporting characters; perhaps that's the key, they werethe two best characters because they weren't an overdose. Alba playsthe totally unfunny Andi Garcia (like the actor; ha, ha, ha; not!) whois really there just as eye candy. Dern's appearance is sadlypointless. The film gets much funnier at the end, but still a worthlessHoliday film.** (out of four)

Dustin Putman 2012-05-09 11:05:07

A maddening, joyless experience, easily one of the most inept films of the year. It's cynical. It's mean-spirited. It's ugly.

2012-05-09 02:01:06

Not a good sequel.

This review is from: Little Fockers (DVD) I thought that this movie was going to be as good or better than the other two which I liked very much. But, MAN was I wrong! This movie is boring, and not like the other two in spirit. This one went back and forth on idiotic, not well-thoughout scenes. I don't recommend this to anyone.

Jason Goodyer 2012-05-06 01:52:32

Just when you think things can't stoop any lower, Owen Wilson performs acrobatics in blue lycra.

mark.waltz 2012-05-05 14:39:05

Pointless sequel with too many groans, not enough gags.

Not really a fan of the first movie, I reluctantly watched "Meet theFockers" because of the addition of Streisand and Hoffman as BenStiller's parents. Their presence for me was the saving grace of thatfilm, and even though it was rather silly at times, I found it to bereally enjoyable. When the third part of the series (and hopefully thelast) came out, my friends all warned me to stay away, as did thecritical bomb it received. Finally, I broke down and watched it on DVD,and I felt that I had to fumigate my DVD player for all of thegross-out gags it contained and unlikable characters. I found DeNiro'sJack a bit mellowed in the second film (still stuffy, but more human),yet in this film, he is back to the unlikable King Lear he was in thefirst film. How the beautiful Blythe Danner could stick with this guyis beyond me. She still radiates sophisticated gentility (the epitomeof what Dixie Carter on "Designing Women" describes as class: makingeverybody feeling comfortable) and comes off unscathed.The major problem, other than the number of disgusting gags, is thefact that it really has no storyline. It is pointless from the start.DeNiro's patriarch discovers one of his sons-in-laws was unfaithful anddecides to promote Stiller to patriarch, referring to him as "GodFocker" (how repulsive is that?). Yet, nobody can live up to DeNiro'sstandards, and soon DeNiro is following Stiller around, convinced hetoo is being unfaithful. Sure, Stiller has become involved with thepromoter of an erectile dysfunction medication, but for businessreasons only, and this overly perky broad is annoying from the momentshe is introduced. Jessica Alba plays the role as written, but hercharacter is simply extremely unlikable. Laura Dern, in the small roleof the head of an alternative school, seems to be having fun spoofingthe idiocy of her character, so her segments are a bit more fun. As forStreisand and Hoffman, they are so underused that their roles arebasically cameos. Yet, when they are on screen, the film comes alive.Other than them, a few bright moments from Dern, and the presence ofthe gorgeous Blythe Danner, this ranks as an embarrassment on everylevel.