Little Fockers
Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 22, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
13
Negative:
19
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDec 22, 2010
This is even worse than a repetitive rehash. These "Fockers" are just lazy, limp -- and lame. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDec 22, 2010
Fortunately, the sheer amount of talent involved makes for a cheerfully forgettable experience, rather than a memorably miserable one. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigDec 22, 2010
There are viable flashes of comedy in the franchise. But with each movie, they grow increasingly dim. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyDec 21, 2010
The million-dollar cast doesn't make the vulgar penny-ante jokes any funnier. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 21, 2010
Watching Little Fockers is a depressing experience. Rarely does a comedy bring such an overpowering sense of sadness. Read full review
45
MovielineMichelle OrangeDec 20, 2010
This latest is grim stuff: Little Fockers hardly bothers with finding a reason to exist, although one might assume a focus on the abiding hilarity of life with small children. That assumption would be wrong. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumDec 23, 2010
Comedy has changed. Jack can only give his son-in-law the stink eye so many times before the whole "I'm watching you" pantomime gets stale. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesDec 22, 2010
The Focker franchise has become such a swell payday (Meet the Parents grossed $166 million; Meet the Fockers, $279 million) that now everyone wants in on the act. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 22, 2010
There's really no focking place for the franchise to go anymore. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoDec 20, 2010
To say the franchise is coasting along on fumes suggests it once ran on a full tank, which may not even be true for "Meet the Parents," the surprise hit that kicked off this broad comic franchise. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyDec 20, 2010
Clearly nothing but a paycheck project for all concerned, this is definitely the least and hopefully the last of a franchise that started amusingly enough a decade ago but has now officially overstayed its welcome. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin ChangDec 20, 2010
A lazy attempt to milk a few more laughs and bucks from the enormously lucrative property spawned 10 years ago by "Meet the Parents." Read full review
40
EmpireKim NewmanDec 20, 2010
With all these folks in the same movie, there are inevitably moments when Hoffman or Wilson get a laugh, but on the whole it's the same again but weaker and with fewer good jokes. We're too tired of the gag even to think of a 'focker' line to sign off the review. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenDec 23, 2010
As for Keitel, he pops up in a brief cameo as a housing contractor, with a dump-truck full of sand, the one that De Niro is standing right behind. The pair engage in a heated argument, as they once did so memorably those many years ago, and then the truck dumps that load exactly where you know it must. An esteemed actor gets buried but, what-the-fock, the franchise laughs on. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsDec 21, 2010
If instead of story and characters, your movie wish list includes projectile vomiting and erection gags, this lump of coal has your name on it. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrDec 21, 2010
Is there a statute of limitations for how many good actors can be wasted in a bad movie? Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 21, 2010
The sole memorable scene involving a little Focker in Little Fockers, though memorable doesn't mean amusing, involves Ben Stiller's male-nurse character administering a needle full of adrenaline to his dyspeptic and unhappily aroused father-in-law Jack Byrnes, played by Robert De Niro. Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreDec 21, 2010
Paul Weitz ("Cirque du Freak," "American Dreamz") takes over as director, and the film shows all the signs of re-shoots and re-edits designed to bring in more characters and perhaps find a few more laughs. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianShawn LevyDec 22, 2010
The comic moments are fewer, flatter and far, far less welcome. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick PinkertonDec 23, 2010
Game performances and a couple of half-laughs, sure, but this is the screen comedy equivalent of the televised Yule log. Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla DargisDec 21, 2010
Apparently, because all the good jokes were used up in the first two "Fockers" movies, the wisenheimers behind the latest installment in this unnecessary trilogy decided to bring in some spew, opening a sick toddler's mouth like a fire hydrant and letting it rip. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyDec 21, 2010
It is incredibly tempting to resort to the implied off-color word play made possible by the Focker name and suggest that this third edition is totally - but I won't. Read full review
30
TimeMary PolsDec 21, 2010
I'm afraid the DeNiro of "The Godfather, Part II" and "Goodfellas" has mostly faded from my mind, replaced by the DeNiro of the Fockers - a grim-faced comedian who tends to make me sad. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliDec 22, 2010
This is the first Focker installment not directed by Jay Roach, who did a good job balancing the yuks with the more outrageous gross-outs. That comic-revolting parity shouldn't be much of a challenge for "American Pie's" Paul Weitz, and yet the skeevier bits aren't especially funny. Read full review
25
Washington PostSean O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ConnellDec 22, 2010
How bad is the third installment... So bad that this bland, pointless sequel features a gratuitous scene where the stunning Jessica Alba - one of many new faces added to an already overstuffed ensemble - strips down to her lacy undergarments, belly-flops into a backyard pit, rolls around in the mud, and I still can't recommend you pay to see it. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasDec 22, 2010
When the conclusion leaves the door open for still another sequel, it feels like an invitation to a living wake. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversDec 22, 2010
Upchuckingly unfunny. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezDec 21, 2010
Sitting through Little Fockers is a soul-sucking, dispiriting experience. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenDec 24, 2010
Apart from the smutty giggles that derive from the mere mention of the Focker family surname, this third entry in the now 10-year-old comedy franchise falls flat. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithDec 22, 2010
Little Fockers may not be the worst, most vulgar, most pathetic and least funny picture of the year. But it's a strong contender for second place behind the picture Brett Favre allegedly sent over his cellphone. Read full review
10
SalonAndrew O'HehirDec 23, 2010
They kill me, these guys. No, seriously. If they make any more of these movies, they might as well kill me. Read full review
0
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 22, 2010
A comedy abomination, tasteless and useless to a stunning degree, with storied actors smugly collecting paychecks for sullying their careers. Read full review
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