Review of Little Fockers (2010) by Dawdlingpoet — 28 Nov 2021

This movie is probably best watched after having seen at least the original Meet The Parents movie, if not also the first sequel Meet The Fockers. The comedy is the same as before, mainly slightly exaggerated slapstick comedy, including some toilet humour. Pretty much all the previous characters are present, so its got a big cast including Owen Wilson, Barbara Stresisand and Robert DeNiro. I reckon DeNiro as Jack, Greg's father-in-law, is the best/funniest character of them all, at least to me anyway, with his high standards and attention to detail and Gregs constant attempts to garner his respect, in a similar vein to the previous movies. The performances are decent enough, though the movie suffers more from the predictable plot than any acting deficiencies, I feel.

The musical score is light and 'airy' I suppose, im not quite sure how to describe it, it uses a typical background score and in a sense it adds to the sense or message that it doesn't take itself too seriously, as a movie, which is just as well as it'd be difficult to take it too seriously. Again like the previous movies, there are some really unlikely scenes, one or two may make you jump and/or laugh particularly loud, it depends on the type of comedy you like, if you like mild 'gross out' (slapstick) comedy. I feel you can't really get too indepth when it comes to movies like this, it doesn't really cover new ground, its more of the same but then if, like me, you enjoyed and were entertained by the previous films then thats not necessarily a bad thing. I feel I should probably point out that while the kids do feature in this movie, I wouldn't say that the entire movie centres on them as such, so the title of this movie could be a little misleading. The story does definitely involve the children but not all of the scenes feature them and the sub-plot is the usual one of trust and suspicion between Jack and Greg and the two families as a family unit I suppose. I also feel I should point out that the movie features sexual related humour and as such it could make for uncomfortable viewing if you were to watch this as a family with either teens/young teens or your own parents perhaps!.

Basically this is a silly, light comedy with some pretty entertaining plot elements and one or two particularly funny scenes due to the unlikely nature of what happens, although it really isn't anything new and you could accuse it of being rather predictable - overall its quite middle of the road, so im going with a 3 star rating for this one.

Would I recommend it?. it depends on whether you liked the previous 'meet the parents' movies and if you did, how much you liked it. If your looking for Meet The Parents/Fockers part 2 then this is worth checking out but otherwise? not so much. Its not entirely unfunny but its not really original either and the performances are alright - I don't think there's much else I can say about it really, so I hope this helps you decide whether or not to watch or buy it. I have to say, I don't feel this is a movie that you'd want to watch more than once, so I suppose on that basis I'd say no, its not worth purchasing outright but it could be worth a rent, if your a big fan of the previous movies.