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- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWatching Little Fockers is a depressing experience. Rarely does a comedy bring such an overpowering sense of sadness.
- 45MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeThis latest is grim stuff: Little Fockers hardly bothers with finding a reason to exist, although one might assume a focus on the abiding hilarity of life with small children. That assumption would be wrong.
- 40EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanWith all these folks in the same movie, there are inevitably moments when Hoffman or Wilson get a laugh, but on the whole it's the same again but weaker and with fewer good jokes. We're too tired of the gag even to think of a 'focker' line to sign off the review.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyClearly nothing but a paycheck project for all concerned, this is definitely the least and hopefully the last of a franchise that started amusingly enough a decade ago but has now officially overstayed its welcome.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangA lazy attempt to milk a few more laughs and bucks from the enormously lucrative property spawned 10 years ago by "Meet the Parents."
- 40Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoBoxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoTo say the franchise is coasting along on fumes suggests it once ran on a full tank, which may not even be true for "Meet the Parents," the surprise hit that kicked off this broad comic franchise.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MoorePaul Weitz ("Cirque du Freak," "American Dreamz") takes over as director, and the film shows all the signs of re-shoots and re-edits designed to bring in more characters and perhaps find a few more laughs.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe sole memorable scene involving a little Focker in Little Fockers, though memorable doesn't mean amusing, involves Ben Stiller's male-nurse character administering a needle full of adrenaline to his dyspeptic and unhappily aroused father-in-law Jack Byrnes, played by Robert De Niro.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrIs there a statute of limitations for how many good actors can be wasted in a bad movie?
- 30TimeMary PolsTimeMary PolsI'm afraid the DeNiro of "The Godfather, Part II" and "Goodfellas" has mostly faded from my mind, replaced by the DeNiro of the Fockers - a grim-faced comedian who tends to make me sad.