HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE MOVIE LITTLE FOCKERS FROM IMDB
HERE IS A REVIEW FOR THE MOVIE LITTLE FOCKERS FROM DVDTALK.
When heart problems force him to consider the next in line to lead the Byrnes Family, Jack (Robert De Niro) is reluctant to make his hapless son-in-law, Greg (Ben Stiller), the "Godfocker." Raising twins with wife Pam (Teri Polo), Greg is having trouble juggling the demands of home life and his work as a nurse, a problem exacerbated by the forward attitude of pharmaceutical rep, Andi Garcia (Jessica Alba). Hoping to guide his family his own way, Greg finds his efforts thwarted by Jack's parental vision, his own growing paranoia, and the reappearance of Kevin (Owen Wilson), who's back to stealthily seduce Pam. While hopeful for the new generation of Fockers as they apply to a prestigious private school, Jack can't help but insinuate himself in Greg's life, creating tension as the flustered nurse falls in and out of wacky adventures and misunderstandings.
Though the directing credit is awarded to Paul Weitz ("About a Boy," "American Dreamz"), there's little sense of artistic guidance here. Weitz is trapped in pure sitcom mode, arranging the mishaps and humiliations with all the excitement of a man sweating to please his demanding producers. Whatever life was available in the series before is long gone for "Little Fockers," which is about as uninspired as a second sequel can be. Jack and Greg still passive-aggressively locking horns? Check. Kevin still a romantic rival? Check. Comedic mileage still pulled out of the iffy Focker name? Check. Writing on the level of a rejected "Three's Company" script? Check. Throw in Deepak Chopra and Harvey Keitel cameos, Jessica Alba hopped up on pills stripping down to her underwear and hurling herself into a muddy hole, and some heart attack jokes (oh, the hilarity), and "Little Fockers" is a parade of randomness searching for a reason to be.
The cast looks bored out of their minds, downshifted into paycheck speed with acting that only requires grimaces and bug-eyed reactions. Granted, a script that includes a moment where Greg is forced to inject adrenaline into Jack's penis to quell an overly medicated erection wouldn't inspire professional confidence in any actor, but the sleepy eyes of sequelitis are rampant among the cast, who go with the flow knowing this malarkey already worked twice before. Only Alba generates smiles in the film, playing up the revolting spunk of a desperate sales representative -- she's all knuckle bumps and creepy nicknames, and 1000 times more alert than the rest of the ensemble. "Little Fockers" needed more of her energy.
"Little Fockers" is utterly lazy and unfunny, cooked up to cash in on a wheezy franchise built out of cheap thrills. What's missing here is a sense of family, especially after three pictures, rewarding the viewer with a full sense of domestic unity from an acquainted bunch of actors. Instead, there's another round of insipid gags performed by a revolving door troupe more interested in the zeros on their paycheck than the quality of their cinematic output.
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