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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoOne of those relatively rare comedies that's at once puerile, charming and very funny throughout.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigIt's a silly good time, and that's something these days.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisMs. Streisand hasn't been called on to deliver an immortal or even interesting performance, but she is a pip to watch.
- 60Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe movie gets off to a weak start, but the jokes get progressively more bent.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenFeels jammed into a sitcom-shaped bid for laughs.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyTe laughs "Fockers" generates are the type you feel embarrassed about almost immediately afterward.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinFrom the start the jokes are on a different level than the last one: coarse, aggressive, and poorly timed by director Jay Roach.
- 40L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteL.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteFeels like a big-budget "Dharma & Greg" episode with toilet jokes.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldMany regular moviegoers will be appalled by its gleeful crudity and saddened by the spectacle of three icon stars mugging through a farce that's not that many notches above "Jackass: The Movie."
- 20The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinMeet The Fockers has 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.