Having seen all the previous "Focker" movies and enjoying them, it was only fitting that I see the third installment of this comedy. As everyone knows in creating great movies the third time around is not always a charm. I look back fondly at "Home Alone" I & II and "Look Who's Talking". There were third ones made, but does anyone really remember them? Looking at the box office numbers of "The Little Fockers" it may appear that another home run has been hit but, it's time for them to count the money and keep these three movies as special as they are and not go for an forgettable fourth.
Of course, if a movie is produced that stars Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Barbra Striesand, Dustin Hoffman, Owen Wilson and the rest of the great cast, people will come. It is all about bowing out and keeping the franchise special. Think Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, et al in the "Father of the Bride" movies. Only two of them.
I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy "The Little Fockers". It had some funny spots and after the two previous movies you feel like you know them and want to keep up with them. In this one as in the previous ones it's all about the dynamic of DeNiro and Stiller. They delivered. Their wives (Danner and Polo) were resorted to having to having the flu, expressing the desire for sex that once was and little else. Owen Wilson was at his quirky best and I am pretty sure that after decades of greatness people will simply go see any movie that has Striesand and Hoffman. What a fun set that must have been.
Jessica Alba's character was a bit overdone and why did they even mention the other daughter and feature her husband? Did we see them in #2? The kids were cute enough, but all these plots were just a distraction. It just seemed as if they tried too hard to make it better.
Thanks for the memories "Fockers". Think you should be done. However, if there is a fourth one I will come.
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