I thought the original MEET
THE PARENTS (8/10) was a great movie. It was unique, it featured
palpable antagonism between Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro’s character
("You a pothead, Focker?") and many memorable scenes that
cracked me up, including that very funny pool volleyball sequence. The
film went on to make $166M which automatically meant a sequel entitled MEET
THE FOCKERS (4/10) in which they thought it’d be funny to cast Barbra
Streisand and Dustin Hoffman. Hoffman was decent, but the movie sucked.
Unfortunately for us, it still made a killing at the box-office ($280M),
which meant that a 3rd film was also inevitable. Despite a 6-year wait,
the third film, LITTLE
FOCKERS, is now prepping for release on December 22, 2010 and has
already released a pretty unfunny
trailer so far. Director Jay Roach, from the first two films, did not
return for this third go-around, replaced instead by Paul Weitz, whose
career seems to be going downhill since ABOUT A BOY in 2002. Here’s the
film’s poster for you…
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