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Little Fockers
Teaser Poster
Directed byPaul Weitz
Written byJohn Hamburg
Larry Stuckey
Produced byJane Rosenthal
Robert De Niro
Jay Roach
John Hamburg
StarringRobert De Niro
Ben Stiller
Owen Wilson
Blythe Danner
Teri Polo
Jessica Alba
Dustin Hoffman
Barbra Streisand
CinematographyRemi Adefarasin
Edited byGreg Hayden
Leslie Jones
Myron I. Kerstein
Music byStephen Trask
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Studios (North America)
Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks SKG (International)
Release date
  • December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film US
Budget$100 million
Box office$308,878,646

Little Fockers (known as Meet the Parents: Little Fockers in the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia) is a 2010 American comedy film and sequel to Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004). It stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. The first film in the series not to be directed by Jay Roach, it is instead directed by Paul Weitz with Roach as one of the producers. Likewise Stephen Trask, a relative newcomer, takes over composing duties from veteran Randy Newman. In addition to the original cast, Little Fockers features Jessica Alba, Laura Dern and Harvey Keitel.

Plot

Greg and his wife Pam, daughter of retired CIA agent Jack, have five-year-old twins, Henry and Samantha.[1][2]

After Jack learns that Dr. Bob Banks, the husband of his second daughter Debbie, has been cheating on his wife and divorced her, Jack begins to experience significant health issues and appoints Greg to the new head of the family, the "Godfocker". However, he starts to have doubts about his decision, because he thinks Greg has an affair with Andi Garcia, a sexy pharmaceutical-company representative with whom he sells the erectile dysfunction drug Sustengo. This is not true, the impression is due to coincidences and drunkenness of Andi.[3] Jack even suggests to Pam that it might be better to divorce Greg and resume her relationship with Kevin Rawley, her former fiancé. Greg and Pam are annoyed by this.

In order to prove he can look after the family, Greg tries to get his children into a better school (although he almost blows the chance), build a new house (which has problems in the garden), and get his finances in order. When Greg meets Bob at a bar, Bob tells Greg that he has never been happier after getting off "the hamster wheel" and that he was Jack's first choice to lead the family and gave him the name "The Bobfather", which makes Greg a little upset. Jack and Greg eventually make up at the twins' birthday party after a fight, in which Jack suffers a heart attack and Greg saves his life. The film ends four months later on Christmas Day when Jack, Dina, Bernie, and Roz come to spend Christmas with Pam and Greg in their new house and Greg's parents tell them that they are moving to Chicago and are going to move two houses down from theirs. To this, Jack and Dina say they will move too, because they also want to be close to their grandchildren, to which Bernie and Roz are delighted about, although both Pam and Greg insist neither move.

During the credits, Jack watches a video of Greg on YouTube and discovers a remixed version of it.

Cast

Production

Production for Little Fockers began in July 2009.[4][5]

Writer John Hamburg stated the film would deal with "themes of death and divorce and all these real things that as we get older, we start to think about, but in a really comical way."[6]

Outside the United States, this is the first film in the series to be released by Paramount Pictures, which acquired the DreamWorks back catalog in 2006 (and owned the studio itself until 2008), including co-ownership in the Meet the Parents franchise. DreamWorks remains as a co-copyright holder with Universal Studios (as DW Studios).[7]

It was announced on August 24, 2010, that Dustin Hoffman would reprise his role as Greg's father, Bernie Focker.[8] When the movie was in pre-production, the studios couldn't reach an agreement with Hoffman, but finally agreed terms to bring him back for the film.

Release

In January 2010, the release date for the film was pushed back from July 30, 2010, to December 22, 2010, because Universal hoped to benefit from the long Christmas weekend.[9]

The first trailer was released on June 24, 2010. It was then shown in front of showings of Grown Ups and Dinner for Schmucks. A second trailer was released online November 10, 2010 and is attached with Morning Glory, Unstoppable and Skyline. The film was released in the UK and US on December 22, 2010.

Critical reception

Robert DeNiro during his Lifetime Achievement speech during the Golden Globes, "I was very, very moved and gratified when you made the announcement [of this award] two months ago," he said. "Well before you had a chance to review 'Little Fockers.'"

Little Fockers received negative reviews by critics. On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film managed a 9% "rotten" score from 124 reviews.[10] On Metacritic, the film's average score 27 out of 100 based on the reviews of 32 critics.[11] Empire gave two stars out of five, summing up, "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."[12]

Box office performance

Little Fockers failed to match the opening weekend gross of its predecessor, Meet the Fockers. It opened first on its opening weekend on approximately 5,000 screens at 3,536 locations across US and Canada, bringing its five-day opening to $48.3 million. By comparison, Meet the Fockers made $46.1 million on the same weekend in 2004 for a five-day total of $70.5 million. As of February 11, 2011, Little Fockers grossed $141,186,000 in the United States and Canada, and $146,000,000 from other countries around the world, for a worldwide total of $303,822,980.[13]

Home media

Little Fockers will be released on DVD and Blu-ray April 5, 2011.

Awards & nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2011 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actress Jessica Alba Won
Worst Supporting Actress Barbra Streisand Nominated
Worst Screenplay John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey Nominated

References

  1. ^ Rich, Katey (June 10, 2009). "More Owen Wilson Coming In Little Fockers". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "Little Fockers Plot Revealed". Female First. August 25, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Adam (March 25, 2010). "'Little Fockers' Brings Owen Wilson Back In As A Major Character". MTV Movies Blog. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  4. ^ Thomson, Katherine (March 25, 2009). "'Little Fockers' A Go: Report". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  5. ^ Buckman, Erik (April 7, 2009). "Those 'Little Fockers' find their director". Reel Loop. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  6. ^ Utichi, Joe; Tilly, Chris (June 10, 2009). "Little Fockers Exclusive". IGN. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  7. ^ Meet the Parents: Little Fockers UK site, with "DW Studios" mentioned in copyright line
  8. ^ Finke, Nikki (August 24, 2010). "'Little Fockers' Brings Back Dustin Hoffman". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2010-9-5. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ^ Stewart, Andrew (January 28, 2010). "Waiting for 'Little Fockers'". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  10. ^ "Little Fockers (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  11. ^ "Little Fockers". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  12. ^ Newman, Kim. "Meet The Parents: Little Fockers (12A)". Empire. Bauer Consumer Media. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  13. ^ "Little Fockers". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
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