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ReviewCriticDec 29, 2011

Little Fockers was one of the most horrific and stupid attempts at a comedy movie I have ever seen. Everything is screwed up and gross, almost nothing is funny, it is very disgusting. I had to leave in the middle of the movie, and I haveLittle Fockers was one of the most horrific and stupid attempts at a comedy movie I have ever seen. Everything is screwed up and gross, almost nothing is funny, it is very disgusting. I had to leave in the middle of the movie, and I have never done that before. I almost always show respect to a movie. This movie just had terrible acting, terrible everything.… Expand

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David_HDec 29, 2010

A couple of funny lines but sadly, you've already seen them if you've seen the trailer. Ben Stiller's type-casting stereotype is growing incredibly old.

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ShiiraDec 31, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Little Fockers" is a disaster movie. Not in the genre sense of the word, in which some great calamity or other(an ocean liner is sinking; there's a highrise building on fire; bees! bees! everywhere, bees!) threatens the all-star cast's lives, but rather, it's an aesthetic disaster, a comedy with an aura of impending doom. The collected actors, especially the old-timers, decorated many times over with awards and accolades, seem to be slumming like it was the nineteen-seventies. Unlike Fred Astaire and William Holden in "The Towering Inferno", or Richard Widmark and Olivia de Haviland in "The Swarm", nobody gets out alive in this second sequel to the inexplicably popular "Meet the Parents". Unlike Ernest Borgnine in "The Poseidon Adventure"(released many years after Borgnine picked up his Best Actor Oscar for "Marty"), Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, and Barbara Streisand go down with this sinking ship of a movie. They're held accountable. Unlike those old war horses from Hollywood's classical period, most of them in semi-retirement when they participated in those Irwin Allen("The Master of Disaster") spectacles, DeNiro and his legendary co-stars are still active, and should be ashamed of themselves for involving themselves in such an obvious turkey. Pure and simple, "Little Fockers" is a paycheck movie. Simply put, they phoned it in. On the other hand, Astaire and Widmark, legends from a bygone era, were no longer relevant to the then-current marketplace, and to that younger generation of yesteryear, they had the look of museum pieces in those analog event films, since both actors, and others of their ilk, were presented out of context with what made them vital and worth preserving in the first place. Astaire, the star of "Top Hat"(second only to Stanley Donen's "Singing in the Rain" when it comes to ranking musicals), who would dance with Ginger Rogers as if his life depended on it, was then reduced to playing a stock character who just like everybody else, feared flames and smoke inhalation. "The Towering Inferno" made him look like a has-been, a ghost of his former self. It's the same prevailing effect that the lowbrow hijinks of "Little Fockers" projects onto its distinguished cast, especially Streisand, who is clearly no longer a "Funny Girl", only fat. Whereas Hoffman gets off relatively easy, in what amounts to little more than a special guest appearance(he calls his son "Gay", short for Gaylord, now known as Greg, played by Ben Stiller), DeNiro, overrated as a late-blooming comedian, is stuck with the unenviable task of carrying this film, and as Greg Focker's micro-managing father-in-law and foil, the Scorsese regular gets called on to do something that undoubtedly amounts to being the nadir of his long and illustrious career. "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", notwithstanding. Erectile dysfunction and its pharmaceutical cure, minded for laughs in the recent "Love and Other Drugs", is the malady that keeps on giving apparently, when Stiller, whose participation in the extended boner joke may as well be his career low too, sticks a needle in DeNiro's side effect-plagued baby-making appendage, blessedly left to our imaginations, thanks to a strategically placed child who witnesses it all, and screams. We know how he feels. The boy functions as a sort of in-frame, diegetical film critic. (In other words, he expresses his horror, and our horror of the scene's mounting.) Without his two-fold caterwaul, the medical-related ordeal would have been further exposed as an unfunny bit(the child's screaming may coax some into laughter), and be greeted by the same stony silence which follows the enema(!) that Jessica Alba(playing a flirtatious drug company rep) performs on a hospital patient, and Barbara Streisand's Dr. Ruth shtick(she's the other Jewish sex therapist, Dr. Roz Focker). Ever desperate for laughs, this shameless film makes "Godfather" puns("Bobfather" is slightly less painful than "Godfocker"), and goes so far as trotting out Harvey Keitel for nostalgia's sake, and promptly gives him nothing to do. Playing a crooked plumber, Keitel's filmic self sort of avenges Scout's death by Travis Bickle's gun in "Taxi Driver" when Jack Byrnes gets buried under a truckful of sand. In another film, the ditch that he digs would be used for hiding bodies. In the absence of that film, he could start with his good buddy Bob.… Expand

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mrcriticDec 25, 2010

Little Fockers is a boring, useless, terrible ending to a beloved trilogy. Meet The Parents and Meet The Fockers were both wonderful. Jessica Alba, the only new starring actress, is the only good actor. It seems to serious, with plots rangingLittle Fockers is a boring, useless, terrible ending to a beloved trilogy. Meet The Parents and Meet The Fockers were both wonderful. Jessica Alba, the only new starring actress, is the only good actor. It seems to serious, with plots ranging from divorce to heart attacks to erectile disfunctions. Even DeNiro can't act well, with the bland, boring, repulsive script given to him. The only pro I can think of other than Alba are the children. Now five, they're funnier- not to mention more adorable than ever.… Expand

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MahboyJul 14, 2011

Waste of my fockin' time. Even worse than the previous sequel. Lame potty-mouth humor and recycled acting. I became disinterested about 20 minutes into the movie. Even if you liked Meet the Parents, this movie's still a waste of your time

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DeniseJan 2, 2011

How can so many amazing actors end up in such a ridiculously BAD movie? I mean painfully, horribly, squirming in my seat BAD. Proof of why I rarely see movies in the theater; wish I hadn't bothered with this one. The writer should be publiclyHow can so many amazing actors end up in such a ridiculously BAD movie? I mean painfully, horribly, squirming in my seat BAD. Proof of why I rarely see movies in the theater; wish I hadn't bothered with this one. The writer should be publicly flogged.… Expand

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DarkCriticJan 3, 2011

Little Fockers is an unfunny sequel and couldn't match to the top of Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers! The story is not that interesting,the characters are forgettable,the jokes are so boring and descent conversation,the two gag jokesLittle Fockers is an unfunny sequel and couldn't match to the top of Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers! The story is not that interesting,the characters are forgettable,the jokes are so boring and descent conversation,the two gag jokes are so disturbing between Greg cutting on the finger and Greg sticking a needle on Jack,and they shouldn't been done already since the last two movies that are actually quite classic,but this is one is not that good.… Expand

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peoplewhomatterJan 18, 2011

this movie is more of the same of the others. it was pretty good in the begginning, but now it has run dry. it's the same comedy and dialouge as the last two. i was really hoping they would change it up in this one, but unfortunately theythis movie is more of the same of the others. it was pretty good in the begginning, but now it has run dry. it's the same comedy and dialouge as the last two. i was really hoping they would change it up in this one, but unfortunately they didn't. i hope they don't make another.… Expand

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GarethCriticFeb 10, 2011

Well. This is going to be a short review. I'm just going to say that I can actually remember when Robert De Niro was still a serious actor and when Ben Stiller was still funny.

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TetsuoMar 1, 2011

Meet The Parents is entertaining with good joke and memorable moments. Meet The Fockers is an average sequel with some development. This is a huge joke, the jokes aren't funny, the dialogue is lazy, the acting is underwhelming and the kids asMeet The Parents is entertaining with good joke and memorable moments. Meet The Fockers is an average sequel with some development. This is a huge joke, the jokes aren't funny, the dialogue is lazy, the acting is underwhelming and the kids as mentioned in the title don't have much screen time, they appear in it for like 4 minutes.… Expand

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Nadim_BasnaFeb 9, 2011

The only thing "Little" about this film was the laughter it generated

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jrmintMay 8, 2011

I couldn't even watch more than 25 minutes of this movie. I don't care whether the house is finished for the kids birthdays, the wife thinks Focker is cheating on her, or if the grandparents show up to the debacle. The storyline and themes ofI couldn't even watch more than 25 minutes of this movie. I don't care whether the house is finished for the kids birthdays, the wife thinks Focker is cheating on her, or if the grandparents show up to the debacle. The storyline and themes of this are infantile, ridiculous and unlaughable.… Expand

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oldmanyoungerApr 14, 2011

Not the worst thing to sit through, but certainly not funny. My wife, who practically worships the first two, didn't laugh out loud once during this movie.

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heyitsmegrif4Jan 2, 2012

Horrible! The first one was brilliant the second ha ha not so much, but then you have this lazy, ignorant film featuring a wasted talented cast who just look stupid the whole time. And it is too raunchy to even be taken seriously at all. IHorrible! The first one was brilliant the second ha ha not so much, but then you have this lazy, ignorant film featuring a wasted talented cast who just look stupid the whole time. And it is too raunchy to even be taken seriously at all. I give this movie 7%.… Expand

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brewcrewprideDec 23, 2010

This irritating addition has lived up to everything that was expected of it, its run by weak, overused material, and ever so raunchy jokes. Nothing that we havenâ