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Meet the Fockers - DVD
Length: 115 min Rated: PG-13 Distributor: Universal Release Date: 2005-04-19 Starring: Robert De Niro.Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo
Directed by Jay Roach
Produced by Robert De Niro, Jon Poll, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal
Written by Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
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The Movie:  I enjoyed Meet the Fockers. Like Meet the Parents it is a genuinely funny comedy centering on good performances. Despite even more stunt casting (Hoffman and Streisand), like the original it doesn’t get in the way of the movie. None of the veteran actors try to upstage Ben Stiller, who did some of his best work with the original and continues with this sequel by managing to portray an ordinary, decent guy who continually has try to summon grace under pressure. He grounds the picture(s) by being someone with whom we can sympathize. This movie is an ensemble effort and it works wonderfully. I don’t think it’s better than the original, but it certainly stands up well on its own. If I have any complaint it's that some of the humor does fall flat, especially the more vulgar bits (are ankle-loving dogs really funny any more?) and it loses a little steam as it goes. I also wish the women characters had more to do, but really the story is more about Bernie and Jack’s antagonism and Greg’s desperate attempts to keep the peace between them. The Disc:  The DVD is decent: I don’t spend as much time noticing cinematography or sound when dealing with a comedy (as opposed to, say, historical epics), but Meet the Fockers has good values in both sight and sound. The music is never obtrusive so the dialog is always intelligible. The Florida exteriors look gorgeous on this disc, and if you feel like some extra childish giggles, step through the scenes of the interiors of the Focker’s house (especially Roz’s office). The extras are so-so: among them are the commentary by director Jay Roach and editor/co-producer Jon Poll that is fairly interesting. Like many commentaries it wavers between scene dissection (which I don’t like) and behind-the-scene production difficulties and how they are solved (which I do like). The extended edition is somewhat irritating: like Ray the new scenes were just thrown in approximately where they would have been in the original, and the transitions are jarring with the sound and colors not matching up correctly. I say either add the scenes back in smoothly so you don’t knock your audience out of the picture, or make a deleted scenes section and keep them out of the original entirely. So Meet the Fockers is a good follow-up to Meet the Parents; not as good but worth the time, I think, despite mediocre reviews when it was released theatrically. Anyone who has had a nervous breakdown when dealing with their significant other’s parents (or dealing with your own) will be able to sympathize with the decent but hapless Greg. Both movies are most likely great Date movies, and if you and your significant feel like a marathon renting these two films back-to-back will make for a pleasant evening.
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