Meet the Fockers
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| Directed by | Jay Roach |
| Produced by |
Jane Rosenthal Robert De Niro Jay Roach |
| Screenplay by |
Jim Herzfeld John Hamburg |
| Story by | Jim Herzfeld Marc Hyman |
| Based on | Characters by Greg Glienna Mary Ruth Clarke |
| Starring |
Robert De Niro Ben Stiller Dustin Hoffman Barbra Streisand Blythe Danner Teri Polo |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
| Edited by |
Jon Poll Lee Haxall Alan Baumgarten |
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Tribeca Productions
Everyman Pictures |
| Distributed by |
Universal Pictures (North America) DreamWorks Pictures (International) |
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Running time
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115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $516 million |
Meet the Fockers, sometimes referred to as Meet The Parents 2, is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to Meet the Parents. The film stars Robert De Niro (who was also one of the film's producers), Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo. It was followed by a sequel, Little Fockers, in 2010.
Set two years after the events of the first film, Gaylord "Greg" Focker (Ben Stiller) and his fiancée Pam Byrnes (Polo) decide to introduce their parents to each other. They first fly to Oyster Bay, New York, on Long Island, to pick up Pam's father, retired CIA operative Jack Byrnes (De Niro), her mother Dina (Danner) and one-year-old nephew Little Jack (the son of Bob and Debbie Banks). But rather than going to the airport as planned, Jack decides to drive the family to Miami to meet the Fockers in his new RV.
Once they arrive, they are greeted by Greg's eccentric but fun-loving and amiable father, Bernie (Hoffman), and mother, Roz (Streisand), who is a sex therapist for elderly couples. Worried that Jack may be put off by the Fockers' lifestyle, Greg convinces Roz to pretend that she is a yoga instructor for the weekend. However, small cracks begin to form between Jack and the Fockers, due to their contrasting personalities. The meet gets off to a bad start when a chase between the Fockers' sexually active dog, Moses, and the Byrnes' cat, Jinx, culminates with Jinx flushing Moses down the RV's toilet, forcing Bernie to destroy it to save Moses. Later, Bernie accidentally injures Jack's back during a game of football.
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