Those Funny Little Fockers!

Film: Little Fockers
Direction: Paul Weitz
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Owen Wilson, Jessica Alba, Barbara Streisand, Teri Polo
Rating: 4/5

After the only moderately funny Meet The Parents & Meet The Fockers, the third installment of the Focker series is arguably the funniest.
This comical adventure is based on a very flimsy plot of the grand birthday preparations of the family's twins. But it is the unfailing chemistry between a suspicious father-in-law Jack (Robert De Niro) and his son-in-law Greg (Ben Stiller) that cracks you up over almost every exchange of dialogue or situation they find each other in. While Greg tries his best to be the 'Godfocker' Jack wants him to be, an overly vivacious medical rep Andi (Jessica Alba) unwittingly does everything possible to get Jack to suspect Greg's fidelity towards his daughter. On the other hand, Greg struggles to curb his growing angst against his old friend Kevin (Owen Wilson) - who compulsively gets closer to Greg's wife Pam (Teri Polo) with every passing day, so much that he has a tattoo of Pam's face inscribed right above his crack.
Predictably the film ends with all misunderstandings laid to rest, but not before it has lent you a good laugh over many a crazy situation, the best being Greg's remedy after he discovers his father-in-law has had an overdose of Sustengo, a medication for erectile dysfunction. Some jokes such as the pun on the name 'Gay Focker' show lowered utility, as they have been sufficiently laughed at in the first edition of the series. Also, Owen Wilson's character is nearly meaningless and almost looks like he has a hangover from You, Me And Dupree. The film stays funny nonetheless, thanks to some reasonably funny dialogue and screenplay. You only end up wishing someone as talented as Dustin Hoffman had a little more to do than just a silly Spanish dance step through the length of the film.