Meet the Fockers

Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

A sequel that mostly coasts on the goodwill of Meet the Parents, bringing in Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand to little effect. Critics found it a lesser retread — competent enough to avoid outright disaster, but generating the kind of lowbrow laughs that feel more reflexive than earned. Audiences warmed to it more than critics did, though not by a wide margin.