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Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers

Misery loves family.

20046.31h 55m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jay Roach
Written by Jim Herzfeld, Mary Ruth Clarke, John Hamburg
Produced by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Jay Roach
Box OfficeBudget: $80.0MRevenue: $516.6M

Top Cast

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Greg Focker

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Jack Byrnes

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Bernie Focker

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Rozalin Focker

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Dina Byrnes

Teri Polo

Teri Polo

Pam Byrnes

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Kevin Rawley

S

Spencer Pickren

Little Jack 'L.J.' Byrnes

B

Bradley Pickren

Little Jack 'L.J.' Byrnes

Alanna Ubach

Alanna Ubach

Isabel Villalobos

Themes & Keywords

floridacentral intelligence agency (cia)nurseparent child relationshipanti-authoritarian upbringingparents-in-laworderlyjust marriedsex therapybad father-in-lawfamilyillegitimate sonmeddling father

About Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers is a comedy, romance film released in 2004 exploring themes of florida, central intelligence agency (cia), nurse, parent child relationship, anti-authoritarian upbringing, parents-in-law. Directed by Jay Roach, it stars Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman. 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.

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