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Watched it on DVD last night.
What a terribly unfunny film.
Genuinely nothing funny in it,in my book.
Intensely annoying characters over-acted by both Streisand and Hofmann (sp).
Especially Hofmann,actually. :/
Don`t waste your time or your money on this pish.
It`s sad that a film with a budget of tens of millions of dollars only comes close to being even mildly amusing using a `dog humping a leg` joke.... :/ >:(

I`m now away to castigate the eejit that recommended it to me.

or castrate?

If we don`t take care of the customer, maybe they will stop bugging us.

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or castrate?

It was a woman,although quite a butch example right enough... :/ ;)

Dustin Hoffman - has he ever given a subtle or restrained performance in any film? . Cant think of one to be honest

Andy

Well, I thought "Meet the Fockers" was absolutely hilarious from start to finish, easily as good as the original "Meet the Parents". Yes, it`s over-acted and over-the-top, but that`s kind of the point.

I certainly wouldn`t recommend it to anyone who likes subtle, sophisticated humour - and I`d expect to be castigated (or indeed castrated) if I did. ;)

Also, this film deserves to be watched at the cinema in the company of like-minded friends. I don`t think I`d have enjoyed it anywhere near as much if I was watching it at home on some dodgy "cam job" pirate DVD. :p

Mike

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Well, I thought "Meet the Fockers" was absolutely hilarious from start to finish, easily as good as the original "Meet the Parents". Yes, it`s over-acted and over-the-top, but that`s kind of the point.

I certainly wouldn`t recommend it to anyone who likes subtle, sophisticated humour - and I`d expect to be castigated (or indeed castrated) if I did.

Also, this film deserves to be watched at the cinema in the company of like-minded friends. I don`t think I`d have enjoyed it anywhere near as much if I was watching it at home on some dodgy "cam job" pirate DVD.

Firstly - Can you give me an example of any "hilarious" bits please ?
Secondly - I like all sorts of comedy,from slapstick to subtle,if it`s funny.
Thirdly - I wouldn`t watch a dodgy "cam job" pirate DVD,thanks very much.

I`m with bowfer.
Saw it in America over Xmas, in a cinema packed with stereotypical small-town, popcorn stuffing lardarses.
They loved it.
They would.
Not that I`m saying that anyone who likes it is wrong, just that being surrounded by people who thought it was hilarious didn`t make it any funnier for me.

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"Dustin Hoffman - has he ever given a subtle or restrained performance in any film? . Cant think of one to be honest ..... "

Midnight Cowboy...

but, he does chew the scenery in meet the fockers.. having said that, I can think of one very funny scene, "the wall of gaylord" - when i saw that i could just imagine how awful and embarrassing it would be, and yes that made me laugh.. most of it was comedy by numbers, but it did have some good scenes,

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Firstly - Can you give me an example of any "hilarious" bits please ?
How about:

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Robert de Niro wearing a false "boobie", the "Wall of Gaylord", the sex therapy thing with the old duffers, Gaylord desperately trying to hide his mother`s books and phallic artifacts, Gaylord looking after the baby and things going pear-shaped, the reveal of Gaylord`s alleged son...

There are times when it gets a bit too much

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(like the whole circumcision story at the dinner table, culminating in the foreskin falling into the fondue!)

but all in all, I think "hilarious from start to finish" is about right.

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Secondly - I like all sorts of comedy,from slapstick to subtle,if it`s funny.

Fair enough. My idea of "funny" is obviously different to yours - no harm in that. :)

Can you name a few films you found funny?

Mike

This item was edited on Tuesday, 15th February 2005, 12:43

Watched both films over the weekend (was I the only one not to see the first one??..) and thought both were great. :D :D

Ste