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Saturday January 01, 2005

Meet The Fockers

3 stars (out of 5).

I actually liked this (slightly) more than 2000's Meet the Parents -- it was a little less Farrelly-brothers-ish, and thus, less painful to watch. With the exception of Ben Stiller's truth serum-induced remarks at the Focker Family engagement party. Oy.

Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand were delightfully over the top as Ben (Gaylord Myron "Greg" Focker) Stiller's over-stimulated parents; Stiller, Robert De Niro, and Blythe Danner were about what you'd expect. Teri Polo looked unexpectedly worn and haggard. (I guess that's what she gets for hanging out with this lot.)

There were a couple of lines that initially struck me as keepers -- but just over 24 hours later, I can't remember what they were. Contrast that with Napoleon Dynamite: I watched it better than a week ago, and it's still cracking me up. That's the difference between a great movie and a 9th place ribbon. (You have to have seen it...)

With that in mind, I'm going to do something I don't usually do -- and revise N.D. up from three stars to four, for getting better with age.

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