Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
5 |
Though it's hard not to play it, the expectations game is a dangerous one, especially for sequels. And Roach's original, just like his overexposed star, set us up good. |
E!
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7 |
Like the surprisingly funny Meet the Parents, this sequel keeps the laughs coming until the ending. |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
6 |
...surprisingly uneven and marginally entertaining... |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
5 |
...a sloppy and not-funny-enough sequel... |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh |
4 |
The inevitable follow-up to the successful Meet the Parents delivers far fewer laughs, leaving too much time in which to ponder what a sad spectacle it really is. |
Reel
Tim Knight |
4 |
...an extremely disappointing sequel... |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
5 |
...intermittently funny but largely flatulent... |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
6 |
Why would you want to meet such a blowsy, bawdy, shticky crew in a low-comedy sequel to Meet the Parents? Two reasons only: Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman... |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
6 |
...a modestly amusing sequel. |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
7 |
...one of those relatively rare comedies that's at once puerile, charming and very funny throughout. |
People
Leah Rozen |
6 |
This isn't highbrow stuff by any stretch, but much of Fockers is funny... |
LA Weekly
David Chute |
3 |
...feels like a big-budget Dharma & Greg episode with toilet jokes. |
Village Voice
Dennis Lim |
5 |
...there's remarkably little pain and humiliation. Which, for the most part, is not a good thing. |
Onion AV Club
Nathan Rabin |
1 |
...the movie's assembled a historic, once-in-a-lifetime cast, then stranded them in the laziest, most mercenary kind of sequel imaginable. It's like the 1927 Yankees taking on the Special Olympics softball team. |
Maxim
Paul Ulane |
6 |
None of this is groundbreaking comedic gold, but there are enough slapstick, toilet, and "Focker sounds like fucker!" jokes for you, your family, and your family's Barbra Streisand fan club to enjoy. |
Premiere
Aaron Hillis |
6 |
Culture-clashing through the snow, in a one-joke open sleigh, Meet the Fockers goes, laughing all the way ... to the bank |
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