Melody on March 20th, 2005

Let’s start out by saying I loved “Meet the Parents”. I also have noticed 2 things about movies I’ve been to:
(01) Sequels rarely match up to the original (ok, so this is not an uncommon observation)
(02) Whenever a movie is over hyped, I sometimes expect too much from it & it ends up not being “all that” eg: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” which I saw after everyone else in the universe (who all told me that I “must see the movie”)

So “Meet the Fockers” really started off with both things against it - much like poor Gaylord Focker (Ben Stiller), who seems to have destiny itself against him. Fortunately for both Stiller’s character & me, the movie turned out to be excellent! I totally loved it!

It was a laugh a minute riot! The characters have all grown up; maturity wise (including the cat - who now can flush as well as use the potty..!) - except for Pam’s dad (Robert DeNiro) who’s still active with his spy-toys. I especially loved Dustin Hoffman, who I thought was excellent as Gaylord’s dad Bernie. Barbra Streisand who plays his mum Roz the sex therapist is great too.

Won’t say much else - except GO SEE IT!! If you like comedy this is a must see!!

Now on a more pensive note, Part 1 was “Meet the Parents” (where Gay meet’s Pam’s parents) , Part 2 was “Meet the Fockers” (Pam & her parents meeting Gay’s parents)…. any ideas on what - should it be made (given the fact both movies are box office hits) Part 3’s plot would be? And what it would be called?

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