I’m watching you. Gaylord Focker is back for the third installment of this endless trilogy with an extensive ensemble wasting their talented skills on toilet humor. First there was Meet The Parents which introduced us to the strict side of this crazy family, then there was Meet The Fockers which showed us the polar opposite sexual side of the family, now the family has grown with two Little Fockers…but we don’t really get to meet them, it’s still the same old storyline between Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller). I think Dustin Hoffman who plays Bernie Focker saw how bad the script was and pretty much took himself out the movie. Little Fockers isn’t a disaster…but it’s not funny…or good.
You should know what to expect from this series. I wasn’t looking forward to seeing the movie but thought it would have some funny parts. The first two movies still made you laugh with escalating scenarios and over the top scenes but this one failed to lack any of that charisma. Instead, they just threw together the cast again and hoped for the best. It’s the twins 5th birthday and both sets of grandparents are coming to celebrate. Pam Focker’s (Teri Polo) sister just split from Dr. Bob because he was cheating on her so Jack Byrnes is all over Greg again to make sure he doesn’t mess up his family even more. The Focker grandparents (Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman) are hardly in the movie.
What Happened?
It’s the typical problem/resolution plot with Jack following Greg and thinking he’s having an affair with the beautiful Andi Garcia (Jessica Alba) who I couldn’t stand in this movie. Her character is just too annoying. She does actually strip to her underwear which I wasn’t expecting at all so that was fun. Did anything else happen in this movie? To get the kids involved, they had an interview at the Early Human School, the Harvard of pre-schools. The kids weren’t funny. There were a slew of small parts and cameos by even more amazing people like Harvey Keitel, Kevin Hart, Deepak Chopra, Rob Huebel and Nick Kroll but they added absolutely nothing to the movie. Their roles could have been played by anybody.
Who has the most white hairs in this picture?
Owen Wilson reprised his role as Kevin Rawley, the eccentric millionaire who is on great terms with all of his ex lovers including Focker’s wife Pam. As usual, his character is just so strange and ridiculous it fits with the rest of this odd group. He’s solely in the movie to make things awkward for Greg just like everything else but doesn’t really create problems that turn into anything. It’s more like…oh, that happened, let’s move on which is generally the feeling of the whole movie. Something happens, then something else happens, and now nobody cares anymore, next scene! Sadly, none of those somethings happening made me laugh.
Yeah, I dunno
In the first five minutes of Little Fockers, you’ll hear penis, anus and of course Focker. If that makes you laugh, you might actually like this movie. I would say if you liked the first two movies, you might like this one as well but I think this one was significantly worse. They were never able to rustle up a scene that would keep the audience laughing. At most, there are little chuckles here and there. I wasn’t expecting much from this one but was still disappointed at how lame it was. Comedies are supposed to be funny, right? And yes, they hinted at a fourth one…maybe it should be called “Focking Die Already!”
With such an amazing cast including some of today’s best comedians, how could this comedy turn out so shitty? (pun intended) Death at a Funeral goes for the quirky everything that can go wrong does go wrong feel but ends up with a plain old movie that’s as stiff as the body in the casket they’re having the funeral for. Chris Rock, playing Aaron, has been living with and supporting his father, mother (Loretta Devine), and wife (Regina Hall) who is trying to get pregnant. Martin Lawrence is Aaron ‘s younger and much more successful brother Ryan who everyone adores…except, of course, Aaron. Joined by the rest of his family, Aaron tries to hold a service for his late father but one thing leads to another and you’re supposed to laugh.
